Terrorists killed 15 soldiers and wounded five more at a military camp in northern Benin, an army spokesperson said on Friday, as violence spreads in the West African region.
Terrorists linked to al Qaeda have been rapidly increasing their attacks on the borderlands between Niger, Benin and Nigeria, turning remote transit corridors into active conflict zones.
They claimed responsibility for the latest attack in Benin which it said took place in the northern village of Kofouno on Wednesday.
The “attack resulted in the loss of 15 of our personnel and five wounded,” Benin armed forces spokesperson Colonel James Johnson said.
The army killed at least four of the terrorists and destroyed several of their motorcycles when they were retreating, Johnson added.
Benin rarely comments on terrorist attacks in the north, though it said last April that an attack by terrorists had killed 54 soldiers.
