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Six police die in Burkina Faso blast: security sources

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AFP Ouagadougou
Last Updated : Oct 06 2018 | 5:20 PM IST

Six police officers were killed in an ambush with an improvised explosive device in the northern Burkina Faso town of Solle near the border with Mali, security sources told AFP Saturday.

"A police convoy was ambushed in Solle" late Friday, a security source said.

"The leading vehicle ran over a mine and six were killed."

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First Published: Oct 06 2018 | 5:20 PM IST

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