2023-07-10 18:41:47
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Two terrorist leaders of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS) were arrested in early July near the border with Burkina Faso, informs the Burkina Information Agency (AIB) on Monday July 10, 2023.
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« They are Abou Maryam said +Zaïd+ and Sita Ousseini said +Loukmane+ who are two terrorist leaders who are members of the EIGS very actively wanted said a security source, according to the AIB.
They were part of a group of “terrorists actively sought” by Burkina Faso, ” for participation in or complicity in the planning or conduct of terrorist acts ».
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In Burkina, the head of Zaïd had been priced at 150 million FCFA and that of Loukoumane at 175 million FCFA.
At the end of June, at least seven terrorists were killed and around fifty others arrested in operations, according to the bulletin from the Nigerien Ministry of Defence. Large quantities of weapons, ammunition, motorcycles and explosives were also seized, according to the ministry.
Source : AIB
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