2019 Fada N'Gourma attack

2019 Fada N’Gourma attack
Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Attack site is located in Burkina Faso
Attack site
Attack site
Attack site (Burkina Faso)
LocationFada N’Gourma Department, Gourma Province, Burkina Faso
Date6 November 2019
Attack type
Landmine, mass shooting
Deaths37+[1]
Injured60
PerpetratorsIslamic 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]

  1. ^ "37 killed in Burkina Faso's deadliest attack in five years". AFP. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Currently listed entities". 21 December 2018.
  3. ^ "At least 37 killed in attack on Canadian miner Semafo convoy in Burkina Faso". Reuters. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Canadian mining firm's convoy attacked in Burkina Faso, 37 dead". CBC. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.