Spanish Journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile Killed in Burkina Faso

On April 26, 2021, Beriain, a 43-year-old veteran TV journalist and founder of the documentary production company 93 metros, and Fraile, a 47-year-old cameraman, were shot and killed near Pama Reserve, in the eastern part of the country. An Irish conservationist and president of the anti-poaching group Chengeta Wildlife, Rory Young, was also killed. They were accompanying an anti-poaching patrol of soldiers and rangers when the vehicle in which they were traveling was ambushed by at least 40 gunmen, according to Al Jazeera. Six soldiers were also wounded in the attack.

A radical jihadist organization, Nusrat al-Islam, later claimed responsibility for the killing. However, the identities of the perpetrators remain unknown, according to the Navarra Journalists Association, the region in Spain where the journalists came from, and the Centre National de Presse Norbert Zongo, located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.