source: Fasozine; Ouaga24; Menastream; Radio Omega; AFP; Xinhua; Gulmu Info; Infowakat; RFI; Aujourd8; Wakat Sera; Burkina24; RTB; AIB (Burkina Faso); Actu Burkina; Whatsapp; Le Faso; MinuteBf
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-)
location: Mentao
notes: On August 15, suspected JNIM militants ambushed a police patrol on the axis Mentao-Djibo near the refugee camp (coded as Mentao at geoprecision 2), three policemen and an assailant were killed, and a policeman and a refugee were wounded in the attack.