A gendarme and ten terrorists die in a new armed attack in northern Burkina Faso

May 23. (EUROPE PRESS) –

At least one gendarme and ten terrorists were killed on Monday in an attack carried out by armed men against a checkpoint in the vicinity of the Burkinabe city of Dori, located in the north of the country, as confirmed by the Burkina Faso Army, which has assured that “heavy losses” were caused to the assailants.

The Burkinabe Army has indicated in a statement that the attack was perpetrated between the cities of Kaya and Dori and has added that after the clashes weapons, ammunition and vehicles were seized that were used by the attackers, who “were forced to flee”.

Thus, the Chief of the Army General Staff has expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased gendarme and has congratulated the units involved in the fighting, while encouraging them to “maintain the dynamic of victory” in the fight against the jihadist groups.

For their part, security sources quoted by the Burkinabe state news agency, AIB, have indicated that the Armed Forces have caused “crushing defeats” of the terrorists in several regions of the country, within the framework of a series of operations over the past few years. days that have resulted in “several dozen neutralized terrorists”.

Burkina Faso has registered a sharp increase in jihadist attacks in recent years, the work of both Al Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates in the region, which led the military junta headed by Ibrahim Traoré to decree a mobilization in April general. Abuses by the security forces against the population have helped these groups in their recruitment efforts.