At least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in two separate gun attacks on Sunday and Monday in Burkina Faso, a regional governor and the army said.

On Tuesday, the governor of the Cascades region, Col. Jean Charles dit Yenapono Some, said 15 civilians were killed on Sunday by unidentified armed men in the province of Comoe in western Burkina Faso on the border with Cote d’Ivoire.

The incident involved two mini-buses intercepted in the village of Linguekoro in the province by unidentified gunmen on Sunday evening.

Nine passengers, out of a total of 24 of the mini-buses, were freed, while the two mini cars were later set on fire and the other passengers abducted.

On Monday, the bodies of 15 victims with bullet impacts were found near the village where they were abducted, said the official in a statement.

The army also reported on Tuesday that 13 people, including 10 gendarmes, two army auxiliaries and a civilian, were killed on Monday in a terrorist attack by unidentified armed men in Falangoutou in the Province of Seno.

None of these attacks has been claimed so far.

(Xinhua/NAN)