Unknown assailants kill 16 Nigerien soldiers in ambush
Sixteen Nigerien soldiers were killed and another was missing after an ambush on a military patrol in the Tahoua region near the border with Mali.
During the attack by “bandits” on Saturday, the toll was “16 dead, six injured and one missing”, Tahoua official Ibrahim Miko said on public television.
He attended the funeral of Lieutenant Maman Namewa, commander of the patrol that was attacked.
The vast desert area of Tahoua in west Niger – near the borders of Mali and Burkina Faso – has been plagued by violence since 2012.
In March, an attack by rebel fighters on three villages near Niger’s border with Mali left a total of 141 people dead. They were the worst attacks committed by armed groups in Niger in recent years.
Niger : 16 membres de la Garde nationale tués dans une attaque terroriste dans l ouest du pays (officiel)
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