IED

IED event in Boucle du Mouhoun, Sourou area, Burkina Faso on Sat 4th January 2020

4th January 2020

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On 4 January 2020, a communal transport bus (Dina) carrying pupils was struck by an IED between the villages of Dagale and Dounkou (coded as Dagale at geoprecision 2), 14 civilians (among them 7 pupils and 4 women) were killed and 19 others wounded including 3 in critical state, the device was likely planted by JNIM militants.

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Burkina Faso (BFA)

Boucle du Mouhoun ( Sourou area )

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