May 2. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Burkina Faso authorities have announced the death of “several dozens” of suspected terrorists in a series of bombardments carried out on Monday in the east of the country, amid a reinforcement of operations against jihadism by the military junta. burkinabe
Military sources quoted by the Burkinabe state news agency, AIB, have specified that the air strikes were launched against dozens of suspects who were preparing to assault a military detachment and “peaceful populations” in this area of the country.
Thus, they have indicated that the Army located these suspects in the surroundings of Ougarou and have stressed that the bombings also resulted in the destruction of dozens of motorcycles and vehicles in which the terrorists traveled to carry out the attacks.
The Burkinabe authorities recently decreed a general mobilization to deal with the increase in jihadist attacks, the work of both the Al Qaeda affiliate and the Islamic State. The rise in insecurity has caused a wave of internally displaced persons and refugees to other countries in the region.
