Eight people, including two serving soldiers, have been arrested following two bombings in Burkina Faso on Friday, which left eight soldiers dead and at least 61 injured.
Security authorities say they have spoken to more than 60 people following that attack in the capital Ouagadougou.
Al-Qaeda-affiliated JNIM (Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims) claimed responsibility for the gruesome attack, though the Burkinabe authorities have not been able to confirm the claim.
They however said that they were looking into the possibility of involvement by foreigners in the attack.
The assailants are reported to have spoken Arabic and Bambara, a language used in both Mali and Burkina Faso.
Burkin Faso’s public prosecutor Maiza Sereme said investigations would not bypass any possibilities, both within and beyond the country.
“We are not avoiding anything. Complicity can be both internal in the Burkinabe people or abroad. At this stage of the investigation we have arrested people who are being questioned, but we do not exclude that other people could be arrested,” she said.
“Among those in custody, there are civilians, a former soldier removed from the army and two soldiers,” she confirmed.
Eight of the attackers were also killed in the attack, bringing the death toll from the attack to 16.
