At least 35 civilians have dead and 37 have been injured due to the explosion of an improvised explosive device when they were traveling in a convoy, as reported by local authorities.
“One of the vehicles that transported civilians in said convoy has exploded on contact with an improvised explosive device. The provisional balance shows 35 dead and 37 injured, all civilians,” the governor of the Sahel region, Rodolphe Sorgho, has detailed in statements collected by the Burkina Faso Information Agency (AIB).
The dead and the injured they were traveling in a supply convoy escorted by the Army which left from Djibo, in the north of the country, to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. This type of convoy supply towns in the north blocked by groups jihadistswhich in recent months have prevented the supply of several cities, such as Djibo, Titao or Pama, according to AIB.
In a speech given to the nation on Sunday, the head of state, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, reaffirmed his determination to fight these groups.