Two police officers were killed and one wounded in an attack on a police station in the northwest of Benin on Sunday, police sources said. Two “terrorists” were also killed, and several others wounded, he added. “The attack this early morning once again spread panic among the local population,” said a local official in Dassari, who did not wish to be named for safety reasons. Groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that spread to northern Benin from West Africa’s Sahel region have escalated attacks in recent weeks. Five soldiers were killed in April when an army convoy struck an improvised explosive device planted in the northern Pendjari National Park.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 26, 2022 18:51 UTC