Merchandise 1 of 6 Site visitors strikes alongside a street, a day after the nation’s armed forces thwarted the tried coup in opposition to the federal government of Benin’s President Patrice Talon, in Cotonou, Benin, on December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou
COTONOU, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin wherein mutinying troopers tried to grab President Patrice Talon, in keeping with an account offered by Benin’s authorities on Monday.
The troopers bought shut sufficient for Talon to witness violent clashes firsthand, they usually additionally managed to kidnap two senior navy officers who weren’t launched till Monday morning, in keeping with the abstract of Sunday’s coup try printed after a cupboard assembly.
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