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Three attacks in northern Benin in recent days have killed at least nine people, including a Frenchman. A former soldier, he worked in a natural park that extends to Burkina Faso. In Niger, the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office took up the case.
He was 50 years old. A former member of the special forces, the Frenchman had become an instructor with the forest guards of a national park in northern Benin. On Wednesday, the NGO African Parks, which manages this wildlife reserve, announced the death of several of its employees. The vehicles would have jumped on an explosive device, then the French instructor and his men would have been attacked. Result: 9 dead and 12 injured.
The raid has not been claimed, but for the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office in Paris, there is no doubt. An investigation is opened for assassination in connection with a terrorist enterprise. The W National Park is located in the far north of Benin, it extends to Burkina Faso and Niger, two countries destabilized by jihadist groups that are now threatening Benin.