OUAGADOUGOU: Suspected jihadists massacred at least 160 civilians, including around 20 children, in a village in Burkina Faso's volatile north, the deadliest attack since Islamist violence erupted in the West African country in 2015, local officials said on Sunday (Monday in Manila).

The slaughter, which happened around 2 a.m. on Saturday (9 a.m. in Manila) followed the slaying of 14 people late Friday in the village of Tadaryat in the same region, where jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have been targeting civilians and soldiers.