Tue Jan 24, 2023 – 9:09 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Suspected Islamic jihadists kidnapped between 50 and 60 women in the West African country of Burkina Faso, witnesses and local officials told Africa News. Burkina Faso has endured an onslaught of violence from radical Islamic terrorism in recent years, with Christians and western expatriates among those to fall victim to jihadist violence.
According to the January 22 report, around 40 women were kidnapped about six miles southeast of Arbinda, a town in the north of Burkina Faso. About 20 other women were taken from an area just north of Arbinda the following day.
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“Some were able to escape and return to their villages to bear witness,” Africa News reported, noting that residents and officials who reported the abductions did so on condition of anonymity.
People who spoke with the media said that the women had gone out to gather food and didn’t return.
“On Thursday evening, when they didn’t come back, we thought there had been a problem with their carts,” one of the residents said.
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