2022 Boala attack

2022 Boala attack
Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Boala's location in Namentenga Province
Date December 7, 2022 Location Boala Department, Namentenga Province, Burkina Faso Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland	Unknown jihadists
Casualties and losses
10 killed Several injured[1]	20 killed
9 civilians killed in total

On December 7, 2022, ten Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland militants, a Burkinabe civilian militia, were killed at a market in Boala Department, Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso. A second attack on December 10 killed seven civilians.