Gunmen raid church in Burkina Faso, killing four

Four people have been killed at a catholic church in the North of Burkina Faso, the latest in a series of attacks the government blames on Islamist militants.

A government minister told newsmen that eight armed men targeted the church in the town of Toulfe during mass.

Earlier this month, gunmen killed four people taking part in a catholic procession just days after a priest and five parishioners were shot dead in a church in the northern town of Dablo.

Nearly 400 people are reported to have been killed since 2015.