The Burkina Faso armed forces announced this in a statement on Thursday.
The operation was carried out in the localities of Tasmakat, Bidy and Fourkoussou as well as in the Bangao forest, Oudalan province in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso.
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According to the statement, the sweeping operation resulted in the seizure of materials and to find those responsible for the recent attacks on civilians.
On Feb. 19, at least eight people were killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen on a civilian transport vehicle in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso.
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