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Three soldiers killed as dozens attack Ivory Coast camps

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DOZENS of militants from Burkina Faso attacked two military posts in northern Ivory Coast early yesterday, killing three soldiers and wounding seven, the West African nation’s army said.

Three militants were also killed and four detained when approximately 60 ambushed the camps during more than an hour of combat, the army said in a statement.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks but one of the posts was attacked last year which the defence ministry blamed on jihadists.

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Two soldiers were killed during an initial raid on a military camp in Kafolo, near the border with Burkina Faso. A third officer stationed at another post in nearby Tehini was later killed as the assailants fled the scene.

Weapons and other military equipment were seized in the raids, and Ivorian troops were carrying out a search operation in the area, a senior military source told Reuters earlier.

Thirteen soldiers were killed when the Kafolo outpost was ambushed last year. The defence ministry blamed the attack on jihadists, and dozens of suspected militants were arrested.

Armed militant groups linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State present in Ivory Coast’s northern neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso have made incursions in southern coastal states, raising fears the instability could spread further south.

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By The African Mirror

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