source: Aujourd8; Twitter; Undisclosed Source; Actu Burkina; Xinhua; Sidwaya; AFP; L'Observateur Paalga; Wakat Sera; Infowakat; AIB (Burkina Faso); Facebook
actor1: Ansaroul Islam
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Gorol Nyibi
notes: On 18 August 2021, presumed Ansaroul Islam (JNIM) militants ambushed a gendarmerie and volunteer fighter (VDP) escorted convoy on the road between Boukouma and Gorgadji, near the village of Gorol Nyibi (Arbinda, Soum). The militants killed 15 gendarmes, between 3 to 6 VDP, between 59 to 69 civilians and wounded 31 others. Gendarmes and VDP killed between 58 to 80 militants (58 according to a government statement).