12 of the suspected jihadists later died in an army counter-offensive.
OUAGADOUGOU: Suspected jihadists in Burkina Faso have killed 16 civilians including four army auxiliaries, sources said today, adding that around 12 “terrorists” later died in an army counter-offensive.
Around a dozen “terrorists” were also killed in counter-operations by the troubled West African nation’s army after Tuesday’s strikes, the security source said. More than 17,000 civilians and troops have died in jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso, according to a count by an NGO monitor called the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project .
Anger within the Burkinabe armed forces led to a coup in January 2022, toppling elected president Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
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