The Togolese army acknowledges its involvement in the death of seven teenagers on the night of July 9 to 10. They had been victims of an explosion near the village of Magba, in the prefecture of Tône, on the border with Burkina Faso.
According to a communiqué from the Chief of Staff read this evening on national television, the seven young people who died last weekend have been ” unfortunately targeted by a patrol aircraft which confused them with a column of jihadists on the move. “ This tragedy occurred against a background of consistent information reporting threats of infiltration by armed gangs wishing to carry out terrorist attacks north of Dapaong “, explains the press release.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sama Sessou, spokesperson for the Togolese armed forces