OUAGADOUGOU, December 25, 2019, SPA -- A terrorist attack on a town in northern Burkina Faso killed 35 civilians and ensuing clashes with security forces left 80 terrorists dead, the West African nation's president Roch Kabore announced late Tuesday. The violence, which erupted in the town of Arbinda in Sahel region near the country's border with Mali, lasted for several hours, according to a military statement. Seven members of the security forces who responded also were killed. --SPA 03:35 LOCAL TIME 00:35 GMT 0041 www.spa.gov.sa/w1234695