French soldiers from the anti-jihadist operation Barkhane eliminated in Burkina Faso a total of 40 jihadists involved in the attacks in northern Benin which left 9 dead, including a former French soldier, the general staff announced on Saturday in a communicated.
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After these three homemade bomb attacks which also injured 12 of the teams responsible for the security of the W natural park, the Barkhane force, "
alert by its Beninese and Burkinabè partners
", "
engaged air intelligence capabilities to locate this armed group
"responsible for the attacks before carrying out airstrikes on Thursday in which 40 jihadists were killed, details the press release.
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