Global InformationPansi church shooting information
| Pansi church shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and the Insurgency in the Sahel | |
  Pansi church shooting (Burkina Faso) | |
| Location | Pansi, Yagha Province, Sahel Region, Burkina Faso |
| Coordinates | 13°13′56″N 0°52′55″E / 13.2323°N 0.8819°E |
| Date | 16 February 2020 |
| Target | Churchgoers |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 24[1] |
| Injured | 18[1] |
| Perpetrators | Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb[citation needed] |
On 16 February 2020 a large group of gunmen attacked a Protestant service being hosted in the village of Pansi, Burkina Faso. Pansi, a rural village in Yagha Province in the Sahel Region of Burkina Faso, was targeted by terrorists who wanted to loot supplies and dissuade the local population from attending or supporting church services.[2]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
UsNewswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Attaque meurtrière contre une église dans le nord du Burkina Faso" (in French). France24. 17 February 2020.