Burkina Faso Hands Life Sentences to 13 in Terrorism Cases
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Burkina Faso has sentenced 13 people to life imprisonment for terrorism-related offenses, including involvement in a 2018 attack on the French embassy, media outlets reported. More than 60 others received lesser prison terms following hearings held between January and July, according to the country\u2019s specialist anti-terror judicial office.<\/p>\n
The statement said 63 individuals were given sentences ranging from 10 to 21 years, while two others received one- and three-year terms. In the March 2018 twin attack, gunmen and a car bomb targeted the French embassy and the military headquarters in Ouagadougou, killing eight people and injuring dozens.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Lafama Prosper Thiombiano said six defendants were sentenced in connection with the embassy and headquarters assault\u2014three receiving life terms and three others 21-year sentences. Burkina Faso has faced extremist violence for nearly a decade, with the conflict killing over 26,000 people, both civilians and soldiers, since 2015, according to monitoring group ACLED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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