In a statement, the Burkini army stated that “the elements of the Rapid Working Group (GARSI), with the assistance of local volunteers, carried out a combing operation in the Komoy region of Cassids, west of Burkina Faso, following the village of Kongodjan being the target of a terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of four civilians.
The statement said, “The army freed hostages and killed 15 terrorists, including the attack’s commander, and recovered 4 motorbikes, AK-47 rifles, shipping equipment, transmission and reception stations, and the seized animals.
The attack came hours before Taruri was inaugurated as a transitional head of the country, on Friday, and is the port of the military coup that toppled the head of the ruling military council, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henry Sandogo Damiba, on September 30.
Traore, who was in charge of the artillery regiment in the Kaya region of the first military zone prior to the coup, worked to fight terrorism and reestablish national unity.
Border crisis and terrorism.
A significant challenge for the incoming Burkina Faso President is border terrorism.
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