source: Sahel Security Alerts; Signal; Facebook; Twitter
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Gendarmerie
location: Dablo
notes: On 6 August 2021, presumed JNIM militants attacked a gendarmerie position in the village of Dablo (Dablo, Sanmatenga). Two gendarmes and one volunteer fighter (VDP) were wounded, gendarmes gone missing, and vehicle seized by militants. Several militants were wounded in airstrikes by military forces.