An army vehicle jumped on an improvised explosive device this Saturday, June 12. Three soldiers were killed, according to Chief of the General Staff of the Armies, General Lassina Doumbia. It happened in Tehini, the night before Saturday to Sunday, in the area where an Ivorian soldier has already died earlier this week after a jihadist attack.
as reported from Cotonou,Jean-Luc Aplogan
The evaluation from the Côte d’Ivoire staff indicates that three dead and four wounded were evacuated and taken care of. For the High Command, what happened was a “complex attack”.
According to the version of the army, an army patrol was recognized this Saturday, June 12, at 19.00, when one of the personnel transport vehicles jumped on a hidden improvised explosive device that was triggered when vehicles passed.
Last Mondayanother soldier died in Tougbo, still in the same area. In one week, four Ivorian soldiers were killed in the northeastern part of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso. Just over two months ago, exactly on March 29, two attacks had already been aimed at the Ivorian armed forces that are still in the north,
This Thursday, June 10, Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi was inaugurated in Jacqueville the International Academy of Terrorism in the presence of the French Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. Ivorian security officials are concerned about these repeated attacks. They should meet “to at least understand what happened” told a knowledgeable source.
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