ABIDJAN: Two militant attacks in northeastern Burkina Faso early this week killed “several dozens” of soldiers and civilians, two security sources and a local source told AFP on Friday.
In a “major” attack carried out on Monday, a military unit in the village of Dargo was targeted by “armed terrorist groups,” leaving “several dozens of deaths on each side,” one of the regional security sources said.
The other security source told AFP that militants waged a second attack on Monday, on a supply convoy going between the towns of Dori and Gorom-Gorom.
“In that ambush, several soldiers were killed, along with civilians, notably truck drivers transporting supplies,” said the source.
A manager in a road haulage company confirmed the convoy attack, and said that “some 20 drivers and their apprentices were killed.”
