By RFIPalled on 04-26-2019Modified on 26-04-2019 at 00:47
The vast anti-terrorist operation carried out since early March in eastern Burkina has repercussions on neighboring countries. Including Togo. Ouagadougou had also informed Lome of the risk of suspected jihadists fall back on Togolese territory. And we have just learned, in early April, the Togolese security forces arrested more than twenty jihadists from Burkina Faso.
According to regional sources concordant, " more than twenty alleged jihadists were arrested " in Togo and returned to Burkina Faso there are " a fortnight ". " Men on motorcycles, among whom were minors ", specify these same sources who add that " some were armed and in possession of important sums of money ".
This is not the first time that alleged jihadists are arrested on Togolese soil, provides a source in Lome, it is however " the first time they are so many ."
Since the armed attacks of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, targeting the tourist area of Grand-Bassam in Ivory Coast ( attack that had killed 19 people in March 2016 ), Togo is on the alert.
" The danger is on our doorstep, " confirms a member of the Togolese government who ensures that a security device has been put in place. Since the assassination of a Spanish priest in mid-February on the Burkinabe side, the military presence has been reinforced in northern Togo. With " significant cross-border cooperation " and attention to the presence of possible dormant jihadist networks.
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