| August 2022 Bam attack | |||||||
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| Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Burkina Faso Armed Forces Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland | Unspecified Islamist insurgents | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 9 killed (VDP) | 34 killed (Government claim) | ||||||
| 4 civilians killed | |||||||
On August 4, 2022, jihadist militants ambushed a counter-terrorism operation organized by the Burkina Faso Armed Forces, killing four civilians and nine VDP militiamen.[1] The Burkinabe government claimed that thirty-four insurgents were killed immediately after the attack.