On January 28, 2023, suspected Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants stopped two buses headed from Banfora to Mangodara near the village of Linguekoro, Comoé Province, Burkina Faso, and killed fifteen passengers.

Jihadist militant groups such as Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin have captured large swathes of territory in southern Burkina Faso since 2017.

On the same day of the Linguekoro attack, a bus was stopped by JNIM in between Tenkodogo and Ouargaye near the village of Lalgaye, with at least twenty passengers killed.

[6] The governor of Cascades Region, Jean-Charles dit Yenapono Some, released a statement regarding the details of the massacre and the bodies on January 31.

[5] He urged the population of the region to express support for the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP), a pro-government auxiliary.