Burkina Faso: two Spanish journalists and Irish conservationist killed
by Emmanuel Akinwotu in Lagos and Sam Jones in Madrid from World news | The Guardian on (#5H4FQ)
Spaniards David Beriain and Roberto Fraile, and Rory Young, a Zambian-born Irish citizen, ambushed by jihadists
Two Spanish journalists and an Irish conservationist have been killed after they were ambushed by jihadists while on an anti-poaching mission in Burkina Faso.
On Tuesday, Spain's foreign minister, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, said 44-year-old David Beriain, a reporter, and 47-year-old Roberto Fraile, a photographer, were believed to have been murdered on Monday, after they were identified from an image provided by Burkinabe authorities.
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