Salmossi mosque attack

Salmossi mosque attack
Salmossi mosque attack
Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and the Insurgency in the Sahel
Location	Salmossi, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso
Date	11 October 2019
Target	Worshippers
Attack type	Mass shooting
Deaths	16
Injured	2

The Salmossi mosque attack occurred on the evening of Friday, 11 October 2019 in a mosque in Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso which left 16 people dead and two injured.^[1] It happened while the residents were praying inside the Grand Mosque in Salmossi, a village close to the border with Mali. AFP reported that 13 people died on the spot while 3 died later due to the injuries.^[2]

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