OUAGADOUGOU, Jun 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – An al-Qaeda affiliate, claimed responsibility for a deadly attack last Tuesday that killed more than 100 Burkina Faso soldiers in Mansila, in the north-eastern part of the country, the SITE Intelligence Group said, yesterday.
According to the jihadist threat monitoring portal cited by local media, Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, a militant jihadist group associated with al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the assault in the Mansila area near the border with Niger.
According to a statement published on Saturday, by the Mansila Pupils’ and Students’ Association on its Facebook page, “ill-intentioned individuals” attacked the military detachment, houses, and shops on Tuesday.
The government of Burkina Faso has not yet issued a statement on the attack.– NNN-XINHUA
