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Five People Killed in 'Boko Haram' Attack in Southeast Niger
[AnNahar] Suspected Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... bully boyz killed five people and injured four others in an attack in southeast Niger Tuesday night, state radio announced Thursday. Three of the victims in the attack on a village near the town of Bosso, on the border with Nigeria, were rubbed out while the two others were burned to death, the radio reported, blaming Nigeria-based Boko Haram jihadists. The bully boyz burned more than 100 homes and 100 cycle of violences, as well as the central market, the report added. Anfani private radio also carried reports of the attack and said the turbans "came on horseback". The attack is the second of its kind in a week along Niger's south-east border with Nigeria, where troops from Niger and neighboring Chad have been battling the Islamists for months. On June 18, Boko Haram killed 38 people, mostly women and kiddies, in an attack on two villages in the same area. Niger announced on Wednesday that its forces had killed 15 bully boyz in ground and aerial operations between June 18 and 23. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-06-26 |
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