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Burkina: at least 51 soldiers killed in an attack on Friday

2023-02-20T19:13:41.249Z


At least 51 soldiers were killed Friday in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, according to a new...


At least 51 soldiers were killed Friday in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, according to a new provisional report released Monday, February 20 by the army.

At the end of the day

” on Monday, “

43 new bodies were found, establishing the provisional toll at 51 fallen soldiers

,” the army said in a statement.

She had given a toll of eight soldiers killed on Monday morning.

“Intensification of air actions”

The army affirms that “

operations are continuing with an intensification of air actions which has made it possible to neutralize a hundred terrorists and destroy their equipment.

This figure is added to the sixty terrorists neutralized since the start of the response

.

While expressing its pain at the loss of our brothers in arms who died in combat

”, the army staff “

invites all of the National Armed Forces to maintain the mobilization which has enabled us to garner significant victories in recent weeks

,” the statement said.

The general staff also “

calls on the populations to the sacred union around the Defense and Security Forces in these difficult times.

It is together that we will defeat terrorism

”.

Read also: Undermined by jihadism, Burkina Faso threatens to collapse

A "

moving

" military patrol was the victim of a "

complex

" attack on Friday between Deou and Oursi (Oudalan province) in the Sahel region, bordering Mali and Niger, the army said on Saturday without then give an assessment.

She added that “

intense fighting

” had pitted the members of the military unit against “

an armed terrorist group

”.

Deadly raids attributed to jihadists have multiplied in recent weeks in Burkina.

More than 100 people - civilians and soldiers - have died in the past two, according to an AFP tally.

Burkina Faso, the scene of two military coups in 2022, has been caught since 2015 in a spiral of jihadist violence that appeared in Mali and Niger a few years earlier and which has spread beyond their borders.

Source: lefigaro

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