DAKAR, Senegal
At least 40 terrorists were
killed in an operation in northwest Burkina Faso, the state news agency
reported Tuesday.
The terrorists were
neutralized in a military operation near Barakuy village in Mouhoun province,
said the report, noting that many vehicles and items belonging to the
terrorists were also seized during the operation.
Meanwhile, heavily armed
unidentified militants launched an attack on a prison in northwest Burkina Faso
overnight Saturday, local media reported Sunday.
The attack at the civilian
prison, located in the town of Nouna in the province of Kossi in the Boucle du
Mouhoun region, left one person dead while 60 prisoners escaped – its entire
prisoner population, including a woman – the Burkina Information Agency (AIB)
reported, citing local sources.
The landlocked West African
country has been battling an insurgency that spread from neighboring Mali over
the past decade.
Burkina Faso's army on Friday
said that 11 soldiers were killed in attacks over the past week and more than
20 insurgents were killed in an offensive.
Northern Burkina Faso has
witnessed terrorist attacks since 2015, in which more than 1,000 people have
been killed and over 1 million displaced, according to official data.
The West African country has
been ruled by a military junta since January following a coup that ousted
President Roch Kabore.
Junta leader Col. Paul-Henri
Sandaogo Damiba has declared security as one of his priorities but a surge in
deadly attacks has been reported in recent weeks.
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