US EditionMilitants Target Worshippers in Niger Village Assault
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According to several local sources, the offensive aimed at civilians took place in the Tillaberi region, in the south-west of the country. The area of "three borders", with Mali and Burkina Faso, in which the jihadist groups are active, is regularly the scene of similar attacks.
During a Muslim sermon in Manda, in the Tillaberi region, villagers were killed. On Monday, the Niger authorities had not yet reported on the attack attributed to the jihadists.
At least 71 people have died in a jihadist militia attack last Saturday on the...
On the evening of Monday, at least 71 civilians were killed and 20 others injured in an armed attack in south-western Niger, as reported by local sources. The attack occurred on the village of Manda in the province of Tera in the Telaberi region of the Niger-Mali-Burkina Faso border area, where the terrorist ISIL is active. According to the sources, all civilian victims were gathered in front of a mosque when armed men stormed the village with d…
At least 71 people have been killed in a jihadist militia attack last Saturday in the town of Manda in western Niger. The victims were faithful who had gathered in front of the Manda mosque late in the afternoon of Saturday to hear prayers when a group of armed individuals broke into the town, according to the RFI station citing local sources. More than 20 wounded have been transferred to several health centres in the area and one of them is in …
Militants target worshippers in Niger village assault
An attack by suspected insurgents in the village of Manda, located in Niger’s southwestern Tillaberi region, has resulted in the deaths of “dozens” of civilians. The victims were Muslim worshippers reportedly targeted while heading to Friday prayers. Sources speaking to AFP on Monday indicated a heavy toll, with one local source estimating “dozens” of deaths. A security source from neighboring Nigeria put the number at 71, attributing the attack…
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