Burkina Faso army arrest 60 in anti-terror operation

Sixty people have been arrested in the north of Burkina Faso in an operation targeting terrorist base, Counter terrorist forces launched the security operation on the 8th of this month to search suspicious areas in the Region, which borders Mali to the North and Niger to the East.

A statement from the army said one hundred suspicious individuals were arrested and after verification, 60 of them were transferred to the Police and the others were released. Explosives, batteries and electric wires used to manufacture improved explosive devices were also seized during the raids. 

Three army members were injured during the operation in the same region and two people including the chief of a village, were killed by armed gunman on Tuesday night after being abducted two weeks earlier, the Interior Ministry said.

In May, more than 200 people including some suspected terrorists were arrested during a joint security operation between Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana and Togo.

SOURCE: NEWS24
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