The town of Djibo, located in the Sahel region, was the subject of a terrorist attack on Sunday afternoon. Numerous attackers arriving on motorbikes and cars stormed the camp of the anti-terrorist forces group and several strategic sites in the city. For more than two hours, they fired on the populations, burned and looted everything they could. For the moment, no official communication on the results of this attack.
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According to the Burkina Faso information agency these are “ nearly 3,000 terrorists » who attacked the town of Djibo. Witnesses on site explain that the attackers came in very large numbers and attacked strategic points in the city, including the camp of the military detachment.
“ The fighting was particularly violent at the military camp », Underlines the Burkina information agency. For several hours, the attackers occupied it just like the rest of the city. A security source reveals that “ that soldiers fell, all collective weapons, all ammunition and armored vehicles taken away. “.
A counter-offensive was carried out and “ more than 400 terrorists » killed, says the Burkina Faso information agency. A figure that cannot be independently verified. Furthermore, the agency does not mention possible losses and material damage on the part of the Burkinabè forces.
For more than two years, the town of Djibo has been under the blockade of armed terrorist groups. The inhabitants are supplied with supplies thanks to a WFP airlift or by the rare convoys escorted by the Burkina Faso army. These convoys are regularly the subject of attacks by armed terrorist groups.