source: Actu Burkina; AFP; Radio Omega; Menastream; Le Faso; Ouaga24; Sahel Security Alerts; Fasozine
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Military Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-) Anti-Poaching
location: PK60
notes: On 26 April 2021, JNIM militants ambushed a Burkinabe specialized anti-poaching unit accompanied by four foreign nationals near the village of PK60 (Kompienga, Kompienga). Three foreign nationals including an Irish ranger and two Spanish journalists were killed and four people were wounded including three Burkinabe personnel and one Swiss paramedic. The militants seized vehicles, motorbikes, and weapons.