source: Aujourd8; Undisclosed Source; Menastream; MinuteBf; AP; AFP; Xinhua; Burkina24; AIB (Burkina Faso)
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Military Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-)
location: Yirgou
notes: On 4 October 2021, presumed JNIM militants attacked an army camp in the town of Yirgou (Barsalogho, Sanmatenga). Fourteen soldiers were killed and seven wounded. Several 'terrorists neutralized' (presumably killed ) in a ground and aerial counter-attack involving airstrike. Unknown militant fatalities coded as 3.