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Togo: "state of security emergency" in the north after two jihadist attacks

2022-06-13T23:08:35.688Z


The Togolese government decreed on Monday June 13 a “state of security emergency” in the Savanes region, an area located in the far north of...


The Togolese government declared Monday, June 13

"a state of security emergency"

in the Savanes region, an area located in the far north of the country which has recorded two terrorist attacks, an official press release indicates.

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"The Council of Ministers has examined and adopted a draft decree establishing a state of security emergency in the Savannah region"

, announces the press release read on the state media.

The security state of emergency is an

“exceptional measure and it intervenes for a particular situation.

The Savannah region is the target of terrorist attacks and the State needs to act and to act quickly and effectively”

, explained during a press point the Minister of Communication and government spokesperson Akodah Ayewouadan .

Planned for a period of

“three months”

in accordance with the constitution, this measure can be extended, with the authorization of the National Assembly, he specified.

Eight Togolese soldiers were killed and 13 others injured on the night of May 10-11 in a terrorist attack in northern Togo.

About fifteen assailants were killed during this attack by the Togolese soldiers, the government had underlined.

Togolese authorities had claimed it was the first deadly

“terrorist”

attack in Togo, where the army has been deployed for several years in the north to deal with the threat of an overflow of violence from jihadist groups. present in neighboring Burkina Faso.

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The Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the main jihadist alliance in the Sahel, linked to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack.

The government also mentions

“a previous attack attempt, in this same part of the national territory, valiantly repelled by the defense and security forces on the night of November 10 to 11, 2021”

.

Source: lefigaro

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