Panafrican News Agency

Benin police officer killed in attack on police station near Burkina Faso border

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A police officer was killed and another seriously injured on Sunday in an attack on the outpost in the northern town of Kérémou, near the border with Burkina Faso, the public service daily "La Nation" reported on Monday.

On Sunday morning, a dozen unidentified gunmen attacked the police station 13 km northwest of Banikoara commune and nearly 700 km north of Cotonou, killing one of the four officers present and wounding another, the newspaper said.

Police and soldiers were dispatched to the scene and a delegation led by the departmental authority went there to reassure the population of their safety.

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