The Ivory Coast is hit by an attack in the northeast, near the border with Burkina Faso, with the death of an Ivorian soldier. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Lassina Doumbia, announced this on Tuesday, June 8, the day after the attack.
as reported from Abidjan, Jean-Luc Aplogan
The attack is repeated and always occurs in the same region, not far from the border with Burkina Faso. This is the third time this has happened.
Prior to the Tougbo attack, two previous attacks had been carried out in Kafolo. There was Kafolo 1, in June 2020. Results: 14 Ivorian soldiers killed. Then Kafolo 2 on March 29th.
The attackers have always targeted military bases and strikes in the same region. Why? “They are attacking the area because it borders Burkina Faso, a country from which they are trying to project themselves. This is an area near their home base. Then we have Comoé Park, which is an interesting area for them, which they can turn into a kind of gray area from which they can project themselves against other attacks, explains historian Arthur Banga, security expert at Houphouët-Boigny University. The answer must be coordinated and coordinated, he concludes.
In the small town of Tougbo, shaken by Monday’s attack, the army has deployed reinforcements and is conducting search operations there. The army has not communicated a new assessment, it is still a soldier killed.
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