Burkina revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was 'shot seven times'

Captain Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso, giving a press conference in Paris  on February 7, 1986. PHOTO | AFP

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  • Sankara's body was hastily disposed of after the killing and the authorities issued a death certificate saying that he had died of "natural causes."

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