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Northern Burkina Faso: Thirteen gendarmes killed in an ambush

3/13/2022, 10:35:48 PM


At least thirteen Burkinabe gendarmes were killed on Sunday in an ambush near Taparko, a mining town located in the north of the country in the throes of...

At least thirteen Burkinabe gendarmes were killed on Sunday in an ambush near Taparko, a mining town in the north of the country plagued by frequent and deadly jihadist attacks, we learned from security sources.

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A team from the Dori gendarmerie fell into an ambush by armed individuals this afternoon around Taparko

,” a security source told AFP.

The provisional report unfortunately reports 13 dead gendarmes.

Several others are still missing

.