Benin says Al Qaeda affiliate attack killed 54 soldiers last week, not 70

Benin says Al Qaeda affiliate attack killed 54 soldiers last week, not 70

Benin's government says 54 soldiers were killed in an attack in the country's north last week, providing a lower toll than reported by Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM.

Benin says 54 soldiers killed in Islamic militant attack

JNIM, an extremist group linked to al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack and said it killed 70 soldiers, according to the SITE Intelligence Group

On Thursday, 17 April, the soldiers of the armed forces of Benin suffered a double attack against their positions at Koudou Falls and Point Triple, two sites in the park maintained by the jihadists of the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GISIM) and abandoned for years by tourists. Seventy soldiers were reportedly killed, and their bodies brought back to the northern base of Kandi, the city closest to the Niger border.

’54 Benin soldiers killed’ in attack by Al-Qaeda affiliate

The government of the Benin Republic says 54 soldiers were killed in an attack by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an affiliate of Al Qaeda, in the country’s north last week.   The figure provided by the government is a lower toll than the 70 reported by JNIM after raids on two military posts in northern Benin, according to Reuters.   The raids took place on Saturday, the report quoted the SITE Intelligence Group as saying.   “Heavy …