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Northern Burkina: twelve dead including three soldiers in attacks

2022-08-05T09:54:42.639Z


Nine civilian army auxiliaries and three soldiers were killed on Thursday August 4 in simultaneous attacks by suspected jihadists in the north of...


Nine civilian army auxiliaries and three soldiers were killed on Thursday August 4 in simultaneous attacks by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, AFP learned on Friday August 5 from security and local sources.

Armed men "

attacked the military detachment of the rural commune of Bourzanga

", in the Center-North region, then "

positions of the VDP (Volunteers for the defense of the homeland, auxiliaries) in the localities of Alga and Boulounga located in the same town

", killing a total of nine VDPs and three soldiers, according to a security source.

These attacks and the toll were confirmed by a VDP official.

Three soldiers fell in Bourzanga and nine volunteers in Alga

”, specified the security source, also referring to “

some injuries among the defense and security forces and the Volunteers

”.

A local VDP official told him that six of them had "

fallen in Alga and three in Boulounga

adding that "

several assailants were also killed

".

"

During their responses to these coordinated attacks, the armed forces and the Volunteers neutralized around thirty terrorists

," said a second security source, confirming the various attacks.

Read alsoIn Burkina Faso, the frenetic spiral of violence

Burkina Faso, where soldiers took power in January promising to make the fight against jihadists their priority, is confronted like several neighboring countries with the violence of armed jihadist movements affiliated with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, who since 2015 have caused thousands of deaths and some two million displaced people.

More than 40% of Burkina's territory is outside state control, according to official figures.

At the end of January, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba overthrew President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, accused of having been unable to stem jihadist violence.

But the security situation has not improved and attacks attributed to jihadist groups have even multiplied in recent months, targeting civilians and soldiers alike.

Read alsoBurkina: the army recognizes the death of civilians during an air raid

In early July, 34 civilians were killed in two separate attacks in the north and northwest.

In mid-June, 86 civilians were massacred by jihadists in Seytenga (north), one of the worst killings in the country's history.

This attack had prompted the authorities to create two "

zones of military interest

", where "

all human presence is prohibited

" and where the army carries out operations against the jihadists, in the north and east, the most targeted regions. by attacks.

The army acknowledged on Wednesday the death of civilians during airstrikes against "

terrorist groups

" in eastern Burkina, without specifying the number, the inhabitants of the region interviewed by AFP speaking of "

thirty

" of killed.

Source: lefigaro

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