Burkina Faso says 11 police officers killed in ambush, 4 missing
Al Jazeera
The officers came under attack during a relief mission in the northern town of Yirgou, security minister says.
Burkina Faso’s government has said an ambush on a police unit in the country’s conflict-hit north has left at least 11 officers dead, with four others missing. In a statement released on Tuesday, Security Minister Ousseini Compaore said the officers were attacked while on a relief mission to Yirgou, a town that has been hit by recent violence. “Joint search operations with the army have been under way since yesterday,” Compaore added.
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