2022 Boala attack | |||||||
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Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |||||||
Boala's location in Namentenga Province | |||||||
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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.