OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Nov 23 (NNN-IRIN) – An armed attack, targeted, on the night of Sunday to Monday (last night), the military detachment of Foube, province of Sanmatenga in Burkina Faso, killing at least 10 civilians and nine gendarmes, the communications minister and government spokesperson, Ousseni Tamboura, announced yesterday.
“The report shows nine gendarmes and a dozen civilians killed,” said the minister, on public television.
The attack has not yet been claimed by any group.
On Nov 14, a detachment of the Inata gendarmerie, in Soum province, in the Sahel region, was attacked by unidentified armed groups, killing 53 people, including 49 soldiers.
“The attack of Foube came, as we are preparing to bury 36 gendarme victims of Inata,” said Tamboura, who specified that the process of identifying the victims of the attack in Inata (Sahel) continues.
Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been facing a worsening security situation, with attacks that claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people, and displaced over one million others.– NNN-IRIN
