Twenty-One Killed in Attack in Western Niger

par This Is Beirut, 26/06 11:35 - Reading : less than a minute

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In jihadist-infested western Niger, an armed group killed 20 servicemen and one civilian on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry announced, declaring three days of national mourning. According to a ministry statement broadcast on national television, security forces were attacked by “a coalition of terrorist armed groups” close to the town of ...