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Islamic extremism wracks Burkina Faso, spreading east

by Associated Press
| January 10, 2020 1:35 AM

FADA N'GOURMA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The jihadists who killed Wabwa Ampougovni's son and two grandchildren wanted them to suffer: They cut the backs of their necks before slitting their throats, leaving them to a slow and agonizing death.

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