According to an official, the attack, which targeted a paramilitary base, was carried out by dozens of gunmen who were moving in vehicles with four-wheel drive and tricycles. Two of the victims were civilians and the other six members of the paramilitary organization Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland.
Eight people have been killed in a new jihadist attack in northern Burkina Faso, a local official told the German news agency on Thursday.
Two of the victims were civilians and the other six members of the state-sponsored Volontaires pour la défense de la patrie (VDP) paramilitary organization, which is recognized and supported by the state, the official from the northern province of Namedenga said.
The attack on the paramilitary base was carried out yesterday, Wednesday, by numerous armed men who were moving in vehicles with four-wheel drive and tricycles, the official added.
The VDP was formed in the days of former President Rock Marc Christian Cabore in 2019, as part of efforts to combat jihadist terrorism.
Mr Cabore was ousted in a military coup in late January led by Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Santaogo Damiba, who declared himself interim president.
The attack on the base took place a few hours after the massacre of dozens of civilians in the city of Seitenga. According to the latest official casualty report, released the day before yesterday, the jihadist raid in this city resulted in the death of 86 people.
Since 2015, jihadist attacks swearing allegiance to either Al Qaeda or Islamic State have claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people and displaced nearly 2 million people in the country of 21 million, one of the poorest in the world despite vast gold deposits. that supplies.
