Seven soldiers and four auxiliaries of the Burkina Faso army were killed Thursday in two ambushes by "
terrorists
" in the North and Center-North regions, the army announced in a statement received Friday, May 6 by the AFP.
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A first ambush took place near the town of Sollé, killing "
two soldiers and four VDP
", Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (army auxiliaries), the second attacked "
elements of the Special Intervention Unit of the National Gendarmerie (USIGN) in Ouanobé
”, killing five gendarmes, according to the press release from the army staff.
