source: Whatsapp; Telegram; AFP; Menastream
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Boungou
notes: On November 30, JNIM militants carried out a complex ambush against a gendarmerie convoy returning from an escort mission in the area of Boungou, the attack was initiated by an IED detonation followed by enfilading small arms fire, four gendarmes and a civilian driver were killed in the attack, the militants seized three AKs, a handgun, and two motorbikes as spoils of war.