Police in Burkina Faso. BBC/Getty.
Terrorists have attacked a church in Burkina Faso, killing at least six people. BBC. The attackers approached on motorcycles and killed the pastor, his two sons and three more worshipers. It is the first attack on a church in Burkina Faso after Islamist violence broke out in 2016. It's unclear who was responsible for the attack but the country has both ISIS and al-Qaeda affiliates as well as local jihadist groups. Attacks have been increasing in Burkina Faso and have included attacks on teachers and kidnapping of priests.
My Comment:
Yet another terror attack targeting Christians. This one is getting very little attention. I was barely able to find coverage on it. Part of that is due to the fact that only six people died. It was also in Burkina Faso, which isn't well known or strategically important. But still, the murder of a bunch of Christians should be bigger news and at the very least it deserved a short post from me.
This attack was a fairly simple one. A bunch of terrorists just showed up at a church and killed a bunch of people. That's about as simple as a terror attack can be and is nothing like the coordinated and complex attacks in Sri Lanka.
It's unclear who is responsible for this attack. Burkina Faso has a long list of suspects though. Both ISIS and al-Qaeda are very active in the country and have been responsible for attacks. They also have local groups like Ansarul Islam.
I would say that ISIS is the most likely culprit as they have targeted churches very frequently. Al-Qaeda is much more likely plan spectacular attacks and are less likely to target churches. The local groups are probable suspects as well as this attack was fairly basic.
As both ISIS and al-Qaeda have been defeated on the battlefield it will continue to fall to local affiliates to carry out attacks. These terror groups can pull off local attacks and kill large number of people. They also make it look like both terror groups are more powerful then they actually are.
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