source: Radio Omega; Infowakat; Whatsapp; Fasozine; Xinhua; Ouaga Flash Info; Bafuji Infos
actor1: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
actor2: Unidentified Armed Group (Burkina Faso)
location: Gorgadji
notes: On October 7, a gendarmerie patrol reportedly ambushed in the area of Gorgadji resulted in the killing of at least 39 militants according to accumulating media reports, a gendarme allegedly wounded would have succumbed, and motorbikes and arms seized. Similar claims have come under scrutiny before and according to investigations used as cover-up for extrajudicial killings and massacres; a local source indicated that the events actually took place in the hamlet of Petekou, situated beside the village of Oulfo-Alpha, describing it as a massacre of Fulani pastoralists, women, elderly, and children.