Five rangers and a soldier were killed and 10 other people were injured in an ambush in northern Benin, near the border with Burkina Faso and Niger, the park management said on Wednesday.
"Yesterday... a team of rangers was ambushed in W National Park in Benin.... Initial reports indicate that tragically five rangers and one member of the Benin Armed Forces (FAB) have been killed, with 10 more injured," African Parks, a non-profit conversation group said in a statement.
