Fourteen people, including four soldiers, were killed in an attack near Kay in northern Burkina Faso on March 23, according to Sahara media.
The transitional president, Captain Ibrahim Traore, had been there the day before, the French news agency said, citing security services and local sources.
A security source said that early Wednesday morning, terrorist groups attacked a joint detachment of soldiers and volunteers (civilian volunteers for homeland defense) in Zurkum, about ten kilometers from Kayi, killing four soldiers and ten volunteers.
This source explained that about twenty terrorists were neutralized on the enemy side. Another security source confirmed the attack, stating “losses among the defense forces”but without specifying specific results.
A task force in Zurqum has been tasked with repairing water facilities in the town of Kaya, which are regularly sabotaged by militants, said a local source who also confirmed the attack.
The transitional president, who arrived in the city of Qaya on Wednesday morning for a two-day visit, toured the site of the attack after hours, praising the courage of the soldiers who were able to repel the attack, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. . side.
Captain Traore, who came to power in a coup about six months ago, expressed in late February “Relentless Determination” fight against armed groups despite intensifying attacks.
Eleven civilians, including seven army volunteers, were killed in several attacks by suspected jihadists in the central east and east of the country on Sunday and Monday, according to local and security sources.
Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been the target of armed attacks by armed groups associated with the Islamic State (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) and Al-Qaeda (an organization banned in the Russian Federation), for which, according to non-governmental organizations, ten thousand civilians and soldiers were killed and millions fled their homes.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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