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Burkina army says three soldiers killed in combat with militants

Presidential guard soldiers on an armoured vehicle at Laico hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on September 20, 2015. [Reuters]

Three Burkina Faso soldiers died and 11 militants were killed during an attack on the troops in the north of the Sahel West African nation on Wednesday, the army said in a statement.

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