Toll from attack on Burkina military base rises to 24

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OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The death toll from an attack Monday
on a military base in northern Burkina Faso has risen to 24, the military
said, in the bloodiest assault in the army’s history.

Seven people are wounded and five are missing, armed forces headquarters
said in a statement on Tuesday. The previous toll from the attack, at
Koutougou in Soum province, had been given late Monday as “more than a
dozen.”