A Burkinabè soldier was killed and five others wounded on Wednesday in two attacks, one of which was with an artisanal device in northern Burkina Faso, we learned Thursday (October 21st) from security and government sources.
“This Wednesday, an escort was the target of an explosive device attack in the Tanwalbougou area.
This attack left one dead and two injured, ”
a security source told AFP.
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"Earlier in the morning
(Wednesday)
three other soldiers were wounded in another attack on the Namissiguima detachment
,
"
in the Center-North region, said the same source.
According to a government source this attack is
"the work of a group made up of several armed individuals"
specifying that
"the promptness of the elements present at the station forced them to flee and to abandon motorcycles which were recovered by the forces of defense and security. ”
On October 11, two Burkinabè soldiers on patrol were killed in the explosion of an artisanal device in Farakorosso, in the Cascades region, near the Ivorian border.
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A poor Sahelian country, Burkina Faso has been confronted since 2015 with increasingly frequent and deadly attacks by jihadist groups affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda, targeting civilians and soldiers.
These attacks, sometimes mixed with intercommunal violence, have left around 2,000 dead and forced 1.4 million people to flee their homes.