The joint operation also seized arms, ammunition, USB keys and cell phones, the source said.
Eight suspected jihadists were killed and another 38 captured in a joint operation by Burkinabe and Ivorian forces near the two countries’ shared border, the Ivory Coast army said Sunday.
The fighting took place near the northeastern Ivorian city of Ferkessedougou and Banfora in southwestern Burkina Faso — although a Burkinabe security source had said Saturday that the entire operation was carried out in Ivory Coast.
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