source: Menastream; Le Pays
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Burkina Faso)
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Di
notes: On March 17, an unknown gunman opened fire on a unit of customs officers in Di, Sourou Province near the Mali border. One customs officer gunshot wounded and a weapon seized, border police pursued the assailant who opened fire once again before being shot dead, according to authorities. However, local sources said that the concerned individual refused to be checked by the customs officers at the market and attacked them with a machete, wounding one customs officer severely, then seized a weapon and opened fire. The area in question from widespread racketeering and extortion activities by security forces including customs officers and local officials.