At least ten suspected terrorists have been killed in a new bombing by the Burkina Faso Army in the vicinity of the town of Dangara, located in the province of Kossi (north), amid operations against jihadism in the African country.
Sources quoted by the Burkinabe state news agency, AIB, indicated that weapons, motorcycles and materials in the possession of the suspects, who had set up a base in the area, were subsequently recovered at the site.
The leader of Burkina Faso’s military junta, Ibrahim Traoré, on Wednesday pointed to an expansion of anti-terrorist operations in the coming days and said that thousands of ‘volunteers’ will be deployed on the ground from early February to combat jihadist groups.
Burkina Faso has generally experienced a significant increase in insecurity since 2015, with attacks by both Al Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates, leading to a wave of internally displaced people and refugees to other countries in the region.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
