Burkina Faso: seven people killed in an attack in Arbinda
Arbinda on the map of Burkina Faso.
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Seven people were killed Monday morning in a terrorist attack in Arbinda, in the Sahel region of northern Burkina Faso.
Four victims are volunteers for the defense of the homeland, the other three are civilians, including a woman.
This incident comes the day after a double attack that killed 15 people on Monday near Dori, about a hundred kilometers east of Arbinda.
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It was at a water tower, in the southwest of the outskirts of Arbinda that armed men attacked Monday, March 15 in the morning.
According to Ouarem Boureima, the former mayor of the city, their mode of operation remains the same: a dozen men arrive on motorbikes, ransack the wells, pumps or water towers, attack the populations and leave.
“
It is a real harassment,
deplores the elected official
.
For three weeks they have been destroying our drinking water sources and trying to suffocate us
”.
Today, nearly half of the city's water points have been ransacked.
Communication channels are also targeted.
On Monday, a bus heading for Dori hit a mine, killing two people.
The gendarmes deployed on the spot were in turn attacked and 13 of them were killed.
Terrorists want to occupy the area
For several weeks, terrorists have been implementing a sanctuary strategy for this area, explains a French security source.
“
They want to drive out the local populations to settle there and organize a sort of blockade for this.
»
At the beginning of the year, Operation Barkhane and the Burkinabè armed forces collaborated in several actions against the Ansarul Islam group in the region.
►Also read: Why do terrorists target Arbinda more?
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