Ambush by gunmen left two soldiers dead in the night of Monday to Tuesday in north Togo’s Savanes Region, local media reported Tuesday.
The attack targeted a military patrol in the village of Tiwoli, close to the major town Mandouri of Kpendjal Prefecture in the Savanes Region. The patrolling squad was part of an operation to secure the Savanes region which is increasingly hit by jihadist attacks.
The Togolese government declared a state of emergency over the region in mid-June to curb escalating terror scourge.
Gunmen perpetrated “complex and coordinated attacks” that left several people dead and injured in four villages in the Savanes Region last Thursday night, Togo’s armed forces announced Saturday. Enditem
