source: L'Observateur Paalga; AFP; Sahel Security Alerts; Xinhua; Le Faso; AIB (Burkina Faso); Undisclosed Source; Aujourd8; Wakat Sera; Infowakat; Sidwaya; MinuteBf; Burkina24
actor1: Ansaroul Islam
actor2: Military Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-)
location: Mentao
notes: On 29 September 2021, an army vehicle struck an IED near the village of Mentao (Pobe-Mengao, Soum). Five soldiers were killed and one wounded by the explosive likely planted by Ansaroul Islam (JNIM) militants.