TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Thirteen Burkina Faso government patrol forces on late Sunday have been killed in an ambush by armed groups in the north of the country.

Quoting a security official of Burkina Faso, AFP reported that several other patrol forces are still missing.

More than 2,000 people have been killed and 1.5 million were forced to displace by terrorist groups in Burkina Faso over the past seven years.

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