2019 Fada N’Gourma attack | |
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Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |
Location | Fada N’Gourma Department, Gourma Province, Burkina Faso |
Date | 6 November 2019 |
Attack type | Landmine, mass shooting |
Deaths | 37+[1] |
Injured | 60 |
Perpetrators | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (suspected) [2] |
On 6 November 2019, gunmen ambushed a convoy transporting workers of the Canadian mining firm Semafo near the city of Fada N’Gourma, on a road to the firm's Boungou mine. At least 37 people were killed, and dozens more are missing or injured.[3][4]