source: Whatsapp
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Tongomayel
notes: On 17 July 2019, suspected JNIM militants ambushed a gendarmerie unit near Tongomayel (Tongomayel, Soum). No casualties reported. A vehicle containing military equipment was seized by the assailants.