Benin Police . File photoMOSCOW, Jan 30At least eight people were killed, including two policemen, and several more were injured in clashes between followers of an extremist sect and law enforcement in the Collin department in Benin, according to the portal 24 heures au Benin. The incident occurred on Saturday in Monkpa district in the commune of Savalu. Reportedly, the followers of the doomsday sect sacked the fields, prompting an outcry from the locals. When the police arrived to restore order, the cultists attacked them too. As a result of the clashes, at least six civilians and two police officers were killed, and another law enforcement officer was seriously injured.
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