French prosecutors said on Thursday they had opened a terrorism investigation into a current attack on park rangers in northern Benin, in which a French national was among 6 people eliminated.
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Previously in the day, France condemned the ambush in the park, which is jointly managed by Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.” The national anti-terrorist district attorneys office has opened a probe with a charge of murder in connection with a terrorist undertaking after having been notified of the death of a 50-year-old French national following a terrorist attack in the W park, north Benin”, the prosecutors said in a statement.Five rangers and a soldier were killed and 10 others were injured when unknown militants robbed the patrol in W National Park, the South African non-profit that handles the park, African Parks, said on Wednesday.It was the deadliest in a string of attacks given that December in northern Benin, where groups connected to al Qaeda and Islamic State have actually overflowed from Burkina Faso and Niger.Recent attacks in Benin, Togo and Ivory Coast have highlighted the growth of Islamist violence from the landlocked Sahelian countries, where an insurgency has actually raged for much of the last years, to West African coastal nations.Former French military members have actually trained park rangers and accompanied them on patrols in Benin, where African Parks manages the W and Pendjari National Parks.( REUTERS).
Issued on: 10/02/2022 – 23:17
