Burkina Road Bomb Kills Six In Ambulance
Muhammad Irfan Published March 03, 2021 | 04:45 PM
Six people, including a pregnant woman and a young girl, were killed in northern Burkina Faso when the ambulance they were travelling in struck a highway bomb, authorities said Wednesday
Ouagadougou (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Mar, 2021 ) :Six people, including a pregnant woman and a young girl, were killed in northern Burkina Faso when the ambulance they were travelling in struck a highway bomb, authorities said Wednesday.
"An ambulance from the Djibo health district hit a mine on the road between Gaskinde and Namissiguia in the Sahel region," government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement after the Tuesday incident.
"This cowardly and barbarous incident occurred when the ambulance was transporting people to Ouagadougou," he said of the attack.
The six who died were a pregnant woman, her husband, two women accompanying her, a young girl and the ambulance driver.
The vehicle was "completely ripped apart," the source said.
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