Barsalogho aid convoy attack | |
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Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |
Location | near Barsalogho Department, Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso |
Date | May 30, 2020 |
Target | Aid convoy returning from Foube |
Deaths | 13 |
Injured | 40 |
Victims | 6 gendarmes missing |
Perpetrators | Unknown jihadists |
On May 30, 2020, unknown militants ambushed an aid convoy escorted by Burkinabe gendarmes near the town of Barsalogho as it was returning from delivering food to civilians in Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso. Thirteen people were killed and forty others were wounded in the attack.