Nassoumbou: Neutralization of terrorists exploiting a mining site

Ouagadougou: The Burkinabè Combatant Forces killed several terrorists this weekend, seized weapons, livestock and other materials, particularly in the North, the Center-North and the Center-East, learned the AIB from security sources.

The Combatant Forces, assisted by air support, continue their territorial reconquest missions despite adversity and the enemy’s traps.

On May 17, 2024, lookouts from the Tenga marching battalion saw terrorists on motorcycles in the Lemmnoogo area between Ouahigouya and Titao.

Immediately, the battalion launched the assault with heavy firepower.

The terrorists flee, abandoning motorcycles, stolen livestock and logistics.

The same day, aerial vectors discovered, north of Nassoumbou, loaders, excavators, backhoe loaders and other mining machines used by criminals to search for the yellow metal.

The assassins smell danger and hurry to hide their logistics.

Wasted effort, a powerful bomb crashes on them, destroying the targeted machines.

The next day, May 18, 2024, the intell
igence services learned of the existence of a terrorist group at the gates of Seytenga.

The presence is confirmed by aerial vectors which see criminals heading straight for Seytenga around 4 p.m.

The air vectors carry out strikes on the leading elements of the column to stop them. Then friendly forces begin tracking them.

In east-central Burkina, the enemy is also on the move. This is how the lookouts at the Soudougui base detected, on May 19, 2024, some six kilometers from their position, criminals hiding under trees.

An aerial view shows individuals resting under trees until a missile crashes into their midst.

While many burn with their vehicles, survivors try to escape, but they suffer the same fate.

Soudougui’s fighting forces invade the scene to destroy any survivors and recover equipment that is still usable. On their return, they are treated to a grateful crowd.

Finally, today, May 20, terrorists who came in large numbers stormed the positions of the valiant Forces in Kossouka.

The boys are det
ermined and repel the attackers. The soldiers of the Séguénéga detachment and the Kossouka VDP chased them.

Upon arrival, the air vectors see a long column of assassins fleeing towards Djibo.

They decide to stop their race by firing a missile at the head of the column. Then the Forces arrive in the area and treat the survivors.

Source: Burkina Information Agency