Burkina Faso security forces. File photoMOSCOW, Sept 6At least 35 people were killed and 37 injured in northern Burkina Faso when a supply convoy was blown up by a homemade bomb, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the head of the Sahel region.
"One of the vehicles transporting civilians ran into an improvised explosive device. According to preliminary data, 35 people were killed and 37 injured, all of them are civilians", the governor said.
The incident occurred between the cities of Djibo and Burzanga in the north of the country in an area controlled by jihadist militants. The column supplies moved from the capital Ouagadougou under army guard. Burkina Faso, located in the Sahel region, is trying to contain the offensive of radical jihadists, which has been ongoing since 2015. />In Burkina Faso, militants attacked cars that drove out of a gold mine