source: Menastream; Infowakat; Sahel Security Alerts; Burkina24; aOuaga; AFP; Le Faso; AIB (Burkina Faso)
actor1: Katiba Macina
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Dounkou
notes: On 8 August 2021, presumed Katiba Macina (JNIM) militants carried out a complex ambush (IED and small arms fire) on a joint gendarmerie (GARSI) and army force near the village of Dounkou (Toeni, Sourou). Twelve soldiers were killed and at least three wounded, and three military vehicles destroyed.