Jihadists carried out a major attack against an army detachment in the northern Burkina Faso town of Djibo. According to AFP report on Tuesday, the detachment in the Sahel region was the target of a "large-scale jihadist attack perpetrated by armed terrorist groups" on Sunday, a security source said, adding that the army imposed "heavy losses" on the attackers. Some soldiers were killed in the attack they said, without giving a figure. The attack and the losses among the assailants' ranks were confirmed by another security source.