source: RFI; Jeune Afrique; Infowakat
actor1: Ansaroul Islam
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Inata
notes: On October 3, presumed Ansaroul Islam militants attacked the gendarmerie and the gold mine in Inata, killing one gendarme, wounding another, burning five vehicles, inflicting other material damages, and seizing materiel; the attack triggered an aerial intervention by French forces of operation Barkhane amid request by the Burkinabes, French fighter jets struck a convoy of militants killing at least 7 and destroying 10 motorbikes. It is the first reported air raid carried out by France in Burkina Faso. Coded as two separate events.