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At least six police dead in Burkina Faso blast: Sources

AFP
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoUpdated: Oct 06, 2018, 04:45 PM IST
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (Image source: Google Maps) Photograph:(Others)

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'A police convoy ran into an ambush in Solle' late Friday, a security source said. 'The leading vehicle ran over a mine and six were killed.'

At least six police officers were killed in an ambush with a homemade explosive device in the northern Burkina Faso town of Solle near the border with Mali, security sources told AFP Saturday.

"A police convoy ran into an ambush in Solle" late Friday, a security source said. "The leading vehicle ran over a mine and six were killed."