Gunmen kill three in Benin border attack

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Gunmen kill three in Benin border attack

COTONOU (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen attacked a border crossing in northern Benin and killed three people and wounded one late on Tuesday, Malanville Mayor Gado Guidami said on Wednesday. The attack took place at a customs post near the Niger border around midnight, he said without giving any details on the motive of the attack. Benin’s northern neighbours are insurgency-plagued Burkina Faso and Niger, making it vulnerable to cross-border…