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At least 14 members of Burkina Faso security forces killed in terror attack

The terrorist attack happened in a small city nearing Kaya, which Burkina Faso's junta leader Ibrahim Traoré visited on Wednesday. The aeriel view of the Centre-North region city is shown in this photo taken on November 16, 2020. © Olympia de Maismont, AFP

Four soldiers and 10 volunteers with the military were killed on Wednesday in northern Burkina Faso, in a terrorist attack that coincided with a visit by the country's military leader in the same Centre-North region, a security source said Thursday.

The attack on Wednesday in Zorkoum, near the city of Kaya, targeted a unit of soldiers and members of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP), the source said.

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