Togo army regrets killing seven teenagers

The youths, according to the media in the northern Savanes region, were returning home after celebrating the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha.

Togo army regrets killing seven teenagers
The Togolese army has been on high alert following the country's first deadly militant attack in May

Togo's army has apologized profusely for killing seven adolescents on Saturday night that it believed to be jihadists.

The group was hit by an army aircraft on a night patrol, according to a statement from the army leader, Dadja Maganawe, who claimed responsibility for their deaths.

The victims were all between the ages of 14 and 18.

The youths, according to the media in the northern Savanes region, were returning home after celebrating the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha.

Following the nation's first lethal militant strike in May, in which eight soldiers were murdered close to the Burkina Faso border, the Togolese army has been on high alert.