Coordinates: 13°22′35″N 00°27′28″E

Solhan and Tadaryat massacres

On 4 and 5 June 2021, insurgents attacked the Solhan and Tadaryat
villages in the Yagha Province of Burkina Faso. The massacres left at
Solhan and Tadaryat
least 174 people dead. Insurgents have been attacking the Sahel massacres
Region, along the border with Mali, since Islamists captured parts of Part of the Insurgency in the
Mali in 2013. [1] Maghreb and
terrorism in Burkina Faso

Contents
Attacks
Response
See also
References
Yagha Province

Attacks Location Solhan and

Tadaryat, Yagha
In the evening of 4 June 2021, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in Province, Burkina
an attack in the village of Tadaryat, located 150 km (93 mi) to the Faso
north of Solhan. [1]The attackers also raided the community's Coordinates 13°22′35″N
motorbikes and cattle.[2][3] 00°27′28″E

Hours later in the early morning of 5 June 2021, insurgents attacked Date 4–5 June 2021
Solhan village in Burkina Faso, killing at least 160 civilians, including Deaths 160 in Solhan
20 children, and wounding 40 others.[4][5][6][7] Around 2 am, the 14 in Tadaryat
attackers, mounted on around 20 motorcycles, targeted first the 174 in total
Volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland (VDP), an anti-jihadist
civilian defense force, before they burned homes and a market.[7][8][9] Perpetrator Unknown
A nearby mine was also attacked, Solhan being a centre for gold
mining.[7] The attackers left around dawn, some three hours before police response forces arrived in the
village.[7] Upon leaving the village the attackers left a number of improvised explosive devices on the roads
leading into the village. These were disarmed by engineers from the Burkinabé army in the following days.[10]

The attacks are thought to have been the deadliest in Burkina Faso for five years.[6] Many of the survivors fled
to Sebba, the capital of Yagha province, some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Solhan.[11] The dead from Solhan
have been buried in three mass graves by local residents.[4]

Response
The Burkinabé government blamed terrorists for the attack; however no group has since claimed responsibility
for the massacre.[12] The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, issued a statement of condolences about
the attack stating; "I bow before the memory of the hundreds of civilians killed in this barbaric attack and
extend my condolences to the families of the victims."[2] Kaboré cancelled a planned trip to Lomé, Togo
because of the incidents.[13]
A 72-hour period of national mourning was declared by the government.[14] Some women in the country
planned to wear all white on 7 June 2021 as a mark of respect for those killed.[13] The Burkinabé National
Police have redeployed units in response to the massacres and in anticipation of further attacks.[15]

António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, who have thousands of peacekeepers stationed in
the country, stated that he was "outraged" by the attacks.[5] Pope Francis mentioned the Solhan massacre in his
Angelus prayers and stated that Africa needs peace and not violence.[16]

See also
List of terrorist incidents in 2021

References
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