Ku wa mbere, igitero cyagabwe ku musigiti uri mu burasirazuba bwa Burkina Faso cyahitanye ubuzima bw’abayisilamu benshi ku munsi umwe n’ikindi gitero cyahitanye abagatolika bitabiriye misa, abaturage ndetse n’umutekano batangarije AFP kuri uyu wa mbere.
Umwe mu bashinzwe umutekano yagize ati: “Abantu bitwaje imbunda bateye umusigiti i Natiaboani ku cyumweru ahagana mu ma saa kumi nimwe za mu gitondo, bituma abantu benshi bicwa.”
Umuturage yagize ati: “Abahohotewe bose bari Abayisilamu, abenshi muri bo bakaba bari abagabo” bari baje gusenga mu gitondo.
Andi makuru yo muri ako gace yagize ati “abaterabwoba binjiye mu mujyi mu gitondo cya kare. Bagose umusigiti barasa abizerwa, bari bateraniye aho kugira ngo basenge bwa mbere bw’uwo munsi.”
‘Yaje ari menshi’
Amakuru akomeza agira ati: “Benshi muri bo bararashwe, harimo n’umuyobozi w’idini.”
Amakuru akomeza avuga ko abasirikare n’abanyamuryango b’abakorerabushake bashinzwe kurengera Igihugu (VDP), ingabo z’abasivili zishyigikira igisirikare, na bo bagabweho igitero “n’izo ngabo zaje ari nyinshi”.
Inkomoko yavuze ko ari “igitero kinini” ukurikije umubare w’abagabye igitero, na bo bakangiza byinshi.
Natiaboani ni umuganda wo mu cyaro nko mu bilometero 37 mu majyepfo ya Fada N’Gour ma, umujyi munini mu karere ka Burkina mu burasirazuba, wagabweho ibitero by’imitwe yitwaje intwaro kuva mu 2018.
Ku munsi umwe n’igitero cyagabwe ku musigiti, byibuze abasivili 15 barapfuye abandi babiri barakomereka mu gitero cyagabwe kuri kiliziya gatolika mu misa yo ku cyumweru mu majyaruguru ya Burkinafaso, nk’uko umuyobozi mukuru w’iryo torero yabitangaje.
Jean-Pierre Sawadogo, vikari wa diyosezi ya Dori, mu ijambo rye yavuze ko “igitero cy’iterabwoba” cyabereye mu mudugudu wa Essakane mu gihe abantu bari bateraniye gusengera ku cyumweru.
Umudugudu wa Essakane uri mu gace kazwi nka “imipaka itatu” mu majyaruguru y’uburasirazuba bw’igihugu, hafi y’umupaka uhuriweho na Burkina Faso, Mali na Niger.