2022 Boala attack

2022 Boala attack
Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso

Boala's location in Namentenga Province
DateDecember 7, 2022
Location
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland Unknown jihadists
Casualties and losses
10 killed
Several injured[1]
20 killed
9 civilians killed in total

On December 7, 2022, ten Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland militants, a Burkinabe civilian militia, were killed at a market in Boala Department, Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso. A second attack on December 10 killed seven civilians.

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