Ouagadougou: Six Burkina Faso soldiers were killed on Friday when their vehicle was hit by a roadside explosive in a northern province, security sources said, in the latest attack on the country’s armed forces.
No group claimed immediate responsibility for the bomb, but jihadist violence in Burkina Faso has been blamed on militants linked to both Al-Qaeda and Islamic State groups.
"A homemade bomb killed six soldiers and inured another” during a patrol in a wildlife reserve in Soum province, the army said in a statement. (AFP)
No group claimed immediate responsibility for the bomb, but jihadist violence in Burkina Faso has been blamed on militants linked to both Al-Qaeda and Islamic State groups.
"A homemade bomb killed six soldiers and inured another” during a patrol in a wildlife reserve in Soum province, the army said in a statement. (AFP)