What the records say
- When
- 4 Jun 2021 – 5 Jun 2021
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 174
- Coordinates
- 13.38° N, 0.46° E
Solhan and Tadaryat massacres
Insurgent attacks in Burkina Faso
On 4 and 5 June 2021, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attacked the village of Solhan, Yagha Province, Burkina Faso. At least 160 people were killed in the massacres, making it the deadliest attacks up to that point in the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso since the start of the war in 2015.
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