The security officers were ambushed in the department of Tin-Akof, the Agence-France Presse news agency reported.
“As a result of the ambush against the unit, 13 soldiers and one gendarme have been killed,” a source told the news agency.
The response security operation has left nine terrorists killed.
9 March 2020, 16:47 GMT
The northern part of Burkina Faso has been suffering from activities of Islamist groups linked to al-Qaeda* and Daesh* terrorist organisations since 2016.
In August, 20 people were killed and many more were injured at a cattle market in Burkina Faso near the village of Namoungou, in the province of Gnagna.
Last month, unknown assailants attacked a village in northern Burkina Faso, killing at least 24 people. Another 18 people were injured in the attack and some were kidnapped.
*Al-Qaeda and Daesh are terrorist groups banned in Russia and many other countries.
