10 killed in Burkina Faso attack
At least five gendarmes and five civilians were killed in an attack on a base in northern Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali, security sources said.
It is the latest deadly attack in the troubled north of the West African country, which is battling a jihadist revolt that has claimed hundreds of lives.
“Many dozens of armed individuals carried out an attack on a gendarmerie post in Oursi in the early hours of Monday morning,” a security source told AFP.
“After several hours of gunfire, the attackers managed to get into the camp. Unfortunately we lost five gendarmes.”
Five civilians, who worked for a private company, were also killed in the assault, another source said.
Reinforcements sent to the post, in Oudalan Province, found it severely damaged.
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