Samorogouan attack

Samorogouan attack
Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
DateOctober 9, 2015
Location
Samorogouan Department, Kenedougou Province, Burkina Faso
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Burkina Faso

Ansar Dine

  • Khalid ibn Walid katiba
Commanders and leaders
Theophile Bonko Boubacar Sawadogo
Casualties and losses
3 killed
1 missing		 None
2 civilians killed, 1 injured

On October 9, 2015, jihadists from the Khalid ibn Walid katiba of Ansar Dine attacked a Burkinabe gendarmerie outpost in Samorogouan Department, Burkina Faso. The attack was one of the first deadly attacks during the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso.

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