Barsalogho aid convoy attack

Barsalogho aid convoy attack
Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Locationnear Barsalogho Department, Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso
DateMay 30, 2020
TargetAid convoy returning from Foube
Deaths13
Injured40
Victims6 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.