Oct. 30 (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least 13 soldiers have died in Burkina Faso this Saturday in an attack allegedly carried out by an armed terrorist group wearing the same leopard outfits as the Burkinabe soldiers, who have been surprised on the way to Natiaboani, in the southeast of the country.
The soldiers had left Fada N’Gourma in that direction in search of relief, although civilians and volunteers “for the defense of the homeland” were also traveling in the convoy, that is, military auxiliaries, according to a local source reported by Radio France International (RFI).
Specifically, the attack took place in the town of Kikideni, located practically halfway along the route that the military had planned to cover.
According to the source consulted by the French station, the attackers dressed the same as the Burkinabe soldiers, they got on the convoy and joined the team. The death of 13 people has been confirmed in a preliminary report from the security forces collected by the same source.
At the beginning of the week, another ten soldiers died in the city of Djibo, in a confrontation in which 18 jihadists also lost their lives and more than 50 people were injured.
This Monday, the Patriotic Defense and Surveillance Brigade, a paramilitary force of volunteers enlisted to combat terrorism, launched a new call for the recruitment of 15,000 new members of this militia.
