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Sixty people were arrested by the Burkinabè army during an operation in the north of the country which, according to her, allowed "the dismantling of terrorist bases" on Wednesday.
As part of the operation to cordon off and search for "suspicious zones" in the "northern border strip" that began on July 8, Burkinabe troops "with the support of the air force allowed the dismantling of terrorist bases and the arrest of a hundred suspicious individuals "indicates a statement.
" After verification, sixty of them were transferred to the investigative services of the gendarmerie and the others were released ", according to the army, which is also part of the seizure of many components (explosives, batteries, electrical wires) involved in the manufacture of improvised explosive devices, as well as contraband products. During this operation, three soldiers were wounded.
A village chief executed
Wednesday in the same area, two people, including the head of a village in northern Burkina Faso and border in Mali were killed by armed individuals, the Ministry of Security announced.
"On the night of Tuesday 17 to Wednesday, July 18, 2018, the leader of Hocoulourou, kidnapped on July 7, 2018 by a group of armed men, was brought back and executed at the entrance to Baraboulé, "according to a statement from the ministry. "In the early morning, the body of a peasant killed by bullets was found not far from that of the chief," adds the text.
The kidnappers demand a ransom and the conversion of the pastor to Islam
" These executions were perpetrated by unidentified armed individuals who melted into the wild after their crimes, "the ministry said. The defense and security forces have since ransacked the region in search of "criminals."
Numerous kidnappings
In total, according to a count of Agence France Presse, eight hostages including the Doctor Kenneth Eliot, kidnapped in northern Burkina Faso, are still captive in Mali, in a camp near the Burkina Faso border.
Last June, a pastor and four members of his family were also abducted in Bilhoré , a village in northern Soum province, by armed individuals, and are still captives.
According to one of his family, who says he was last contacted on June 30, the kidnappers demand ransom and the conversion of the pastor to Islam
Frequent attacks
Long spared by armed groups active in the Sahel, Burkina Faso has been confronted for three years with frequent and deadly attacks and kidnapping s in the north of the country.
These attacks have spread to other areas, including those in the east, bordering Togo and Benin, where there are also gunmen and smugglers. In recent months, several hundred people have been arrested and explosive devices neutralized during search operations in the eastern and northern regions of the country.
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