Burkina Faso: JNIM ambush in east Burkina kills 3 policemen and 10 militiamen and civilians

  1. Burkina Faso: JNIM ambush in east Burkina kills 3 policemen and 10 militiamen and civilians
Location:
Yamba, burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, Sahel
Incident Date: February 18, 2024
Instability Rating Max 5.0: 4.00
Deaths: 13
Fatalities type:
  • Civilian
  • Military
DESCRIPTION::

#Burkina 🇧🇫 | 02/18, Ambush from #JNIM to #Yamba (Province of #Gourma , #Est ) on the GUMI9 (9th Mobile Intervention Unit Group of the National Police). The VDP had to intervene as reinforcements.

🔴 3 police officers were killed in the attack, serious injuries were also reported among the VDP and civilians.
Around ten of them died from their injuries.

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