Two attacks along Niger's border with Burkina Faso have killed 39 people, Niamey's defence ministry said Saturday, accusing "criminals" of massacring civilian populations. The borderlands between Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have long been home to armed insurgents linked to the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda.

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39 killed in attacks in western Niger, near Burkina Faso border

The communities are located in the Tera border region, an area teeming with fighters which has been subjected to particularly bloody jihadist attacks in recent days

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Niger ministry says 39 killed in attacks near Burkina Faso

The Ministry of Defense said that the attacks were carried out by armed men on motorcycles in these villages bordering Burkina Faso, an area of intense activity of movements loyal to the extremist group Islamic State and the terrorist network Al-Qaida, according to a statement released on government television. The note did not specify the dates of the attacks, but a regional source contacted by the EFE news agency said that they occurred betwee…

O Ministério da Defesa disse que os ataques foram perpetrados por homens armados em motociclos nestas aldeias fronteiriças com o Burkina Faso, uma zona de intensa atividade de movimentos fiéis ao grupo extremista Estado Islâmico e à rede terrorista Al-Qaida, de acordo com um comunicado difundido pela televisão governamental.   A nota não especificava as datas dos ataques, mas uma fonte da região contactada pela agência de notícias EFE referiu qu…

Pelo menos 39 civis mortos em atentados no Níger

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At least 39 civilians killed in attacks in Niger

No fewer than thirty-nine people, including children, have been killed in two separate attacks in western Niger near the border with Burkina Faso, the

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The 'barbaric acts' saw 21 people killed in Libiri and 18 in Kokorou, including children, the defense ministry said, and took place from December 12 to 14.

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In Niger, 39 villagers killed in a double attack by suspected jihadists near Burkina Faso

Islamic extremist groups active in Niger, which are also active in neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso, target both the civilian populations of the villages and the military positions.

Os grupos extremistas islâmicos ativos no Níger, que também atuam nos países vizinhos Mali e Burkina Faso, têm como alvo tanto as populações civis das aldeias como as posições militares

Pelo menos 39 civis mortos em atentados junto à fronteira com Burkina Faso

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At least 39 civilians killed in attacks along the border with Burkina Faso

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Niger defence ministry says 39 killed in 'horrific' attacks near Burkina Faso border

Suspected jihadists killed 39 civilians, including women and children, in two separate attacks in western Niger's conflict-torn borderlands in recent days, the defense ministry said on Sunday. The attackers struck the communities of Kokorou and Libiri, it said, without giving further details on the date of the bloodshed. Niger and…

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Sakado

Saitama Prefecture

Japan

Niger says 39 civilians killed in militant attacks

According to the ministry, the attacks targeted civilians and children were among the dead. The ministry refers to the suspected perpetrators as criminals.

Ministeriön mukaan hyökkäykset kohdistuivat siviileihin ja kuolleiden joukossa on myös lapsia. Epäillyistä tekijöistä ministeriö puhuu rikollisina.

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Sanoma

Finland

Forty people killed in attacks in Niger

Thirty-nine people have been killed in two attacks in recent days in western Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, Niamey's defence ministry said Saturday.

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Niger says 39 killed in attacks near Burkina Faso

The 'barbaric acts' saw 21 people killed in Libiri and 18 in Kokorou, including children, the ministry said.

Niger defence ministry says 39 killed in 'horrific' attacks near Burkina Faso border

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