Burkina Faso: Twelve terror suspects ‘found dead in their cells’

Twelve people arrested on suspicion of terror offences have been found dead in their police cells in Burkina Faso.

The prosecutor for the town of Fada N’Gourma said 25 people had been detained overnight on Monday, and “unfortunately, 12 of them have died during the course of the night in the cells they were being held in”.

The cause of death is currently unknown. Security sources told AFP news agency it may have been asphyxiation.

An investigation has been launched.

In a similar episode in July 2019, 11 people accused of drug trafficking were found dead in a cell belonging to the national police’s drugs squad.

It comes less than a month after Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it believed Burkina Faso security forces had executed 31 unarmed men in the northern town of Djibo, a few hours after arresting them in a counter-terror operation.

Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, is fighting Islamist insurgents with ties to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

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Abitegeka Gerald

The News Editor ,Reporter at Kagadi Kibaale community Radio

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