Fourteen students died on Saturday morning in Toeni , Sourou province, in northwestern Burkina Faso when the bus transporting them jumped on a mine , Xinhua learned from a security source .

“ A bus transporting students to the city of Toma jumped on a mine.

“ The death toll is 14 and four injured, ” an army official said on condition of anonymity to Xinhua .

The reason for the incident was not immediately clear and further details had yet to emerge .

An Islamist insurgency last year has ignited ethnic and religious tensions in Burkina Faso , especially in northern areas bordering Mali.

On Dec . 1 , 2019 , 14 people were shot dead in an attack on a church in eastern Burkina Faso .

On Nov. 6 , 2019 , gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying mine workers in the country ’ s East region, killing 39 .

( Xinhua / NAN )

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