source: Wakat Sera; Infowakat; Signal; Radio Omega; Sahel Security Alerts; Xinhua; PANAPRESS; Actu Burkina; Twitter; L'Observateur Paalga; Le Faso; Undisclosed Source; Gulmu Info; AFP
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Doufouanou
notes: On 12 September 2021, presumed JNIM militants carried out a complex ambush involving IED detonation and small arms fire against a gendarmerie logistics convoy near the village of Doufouanou (Matiacoali, Gourma). Six gendarmes and one volunteer fighter (VDP) were killed and seven wounded.