In the latest attack by jihadist groups, 65 civilians, 15 gendarmes and 6 helpers from the Burkina Faso armed forces were officially killed. These armed groups are increasingly attacking convoys or mixed convoys of the armed forces, particularly in the Sahel.
This responds to a strategy of controlling this. groups this part of Burkina Faso, according to specialists. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya Boudani.
The convoy that left Dori on Wednesday August 18 had almost 80 vehicles. “It spread to a distance of about 600 meters,” says a security source. The gendarme was at the head and at the end. The attackers opened fire on Boukouma, in the middle of the convoy about twenty kilometers from Arbinda to Gorgadji.
“This made it very difficult for the gendarmes to respond because it was necessary not to shoot civilians,” our source said. After three hours of fighting, the terrorists were repulsed thanks to reinforcements from Gorgadji and Arbinda. There were 80 dead on Thursday, including 65 civilian casualties, mostly men.
His age is between 13 and 60 years. 15 gendarmes and six volunteers for home defense also fell. “Put Burkina Faso in a truck” “Armed groups are now launching complex attacks on equipped targets that can retaliate,” said Mahamoudou Sawadogo.
This leads the researcher to say that these groups have many contradicting and significant material resources.This is known as the Eastern Strategy. They do it to mark their local presence. They want to demonstrate their dominance and control over the territory, says a security specialist.
His intention would be to take complete control of this region of the Sahel and “bring Burkina Faso into absolute dominance” while occupying other regions. .
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