(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) At least 40 people were killed and 33 others wounded on Saturday
in an attack against a military detachment in northern Burkina
Faso, said the government on Sunday, trend reports citing xinhua .
According to a statement by the general secretary of the North
region, a military detachment based in the vicinity of the village
of Aorema, located not far from the city of Ouahigouya, was
attacked by unidentified gunmen on Saturday.
The provisional toll is 40 dead, including six soldiers and 34
army auxiliaries, said the statement, adding that 33 wounded were
also recorded.
A security source told Xinhua over the phone that "at least 50
terrorists were neutralized" during the attack.
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