Intangom attack

The attack began at 5am on October 12, 2016, beginning with the attackers firing a rocket at the Burkinabe base in the town to force the soldiers outside.^[3] The soldiers who rushed out found themselves under attack, with some fighting back against the jihadists and others fleeing.^[3] Fighting between the soldiers and the jihadists lasted for three hours, with the attackers eventually fleeing to the Malian border with weapons and a pick-up with a machine gun. The pick-up was later abandoned.^[4] Burkinabe reinforcements from Markoye and Tin-Akoff arrived after the attackers fled.^[1]

The attack was claimed two days later by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, at the time a subsect of the ISWAP.^[5][6]

Burkinabe security sources reported that three soldiers were killed in the attack, but three days later the body of a fourth soldier who fled was discovered nearby.^[1] All four soldiers belonged to the 11th RIC based in Dori.^[7] Three soldiers were also injured in the attack. Burkinabe officials initially reported the killing of two attackers, although these turned out to be two civilians who could've been mistaken for jihadists.^[1]