Five members of the security forces were killed in roadside bomb attacks in eastern Burkina Faso at the weekend, officials said on Monday, March 18.
A police officer and a soldier were killed on Saturday when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Kompienga province, a security official said, AFP reported.
Burkina Faso’s AIB news agency reported unnamed sources as saying a “gendarme and a red beret” were on a motorcycle when it was struck in Kabonga, around 80 km (50 miles) from Fada N’Gourma in Gourma province, the largest town in the region.
Infowakat reported security sources as saying those killed on the motorcycle were a member of the Special Intervention Unit of the National Gendarmerie and an army special forces soldier.
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Source: The Defense Post