Burkina Faso denounces fake massacre videos

New videos are circulating showing civilians being escorted by armed individuals to an unknown destination. Elderly people and children unable to keep up are threatened with knives. Other footage reveals the lifeless bodies of civilians, allegedly from a massacre in Gayeri, a town in eastern Burkina Faso.

In response, the government condemned the spread of “misleading” videos, which it claims falsely portray “ethnic massacres.”…