54 Beninese soldiers were killed and more than a dozen others injured in two simultaneous jihadist attacks in northern Benin on Thursday, April 17. The attacks took place in the so-called “Triple Point” region, where the Beninese army had already been the target of a particularly deadly assault on January 8.
The government of Benin has confirmed that 54 soldiers were killed in a deadly attack by suspected jihadist insurgents.
Government spokesman Wilfried Leandre Houngbedji announced the revised the death toll during a press briefing on Wednesday, April 22,2025 significantly raising the earlier count of eight fatalities.
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