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5 Security Personnel Die In Roadside Bombings In Kompienga Province

March 19 2019

Burkina Faso

Five security personnel have been killed in weekend attacks in eastern Burkina Faso, reports Agence France-Presse. 

On March 16, a police officer and soldier were killed when their motorcycle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kompienga province, near the border with Benin, a security official said. 

On March 17, three soldiers were killed and one wounded in the same area after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. 

The troops and police were participating in a security...

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