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Terrorists On Motorbikes Kill At Least 12 Niger Republic Soldiers Near Mali, Burkina Faso Border
[SaharaReporters] At least a dozen soldiers in Niger Republic have been killed following an attack by hundreds of armed forces of Evil on cycle of violence s in the country's southwest on Thursday morning.According to a statement by the defense ministry on Thursday, Seven soldiers were killed in combat while five others died in an accident while driving to reinforce the unit that had come under attack. The attack took place about 190 km from the capital Niamey in Kandadji, near the tri-border zone of Mali, ...in the Tillaberi Region, in case that is meaningful to you, dear Reader... Burkina Faso...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... and Niger that has been the epicenter of Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel region ... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas... in the last few years. Earlier on Thursday, three sources including a senior military officer, who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media, that at least ten soldiers were killed, Rooters reports. Neither the sources nor the defence ministry say which group was responsible. Local affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State  ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... are active in the region and wage frequent attacks on soldiers and civilians. The defence ministry statement said around a hundred forces of Evil were killed and their motorbikes and arms were destroyed. It gave no further details. Two security sources said the army responded to the attack with ground troops as well as helicopters, one of which was hit but was able to return to its base. Related: Tillaberi: 2023-08-18 Gunmen kill 31 civilians in Niger Tillaberi: 2023-08-17 Restore Constitutional Power To Focus On Securing Niger, ECOWAS Tells Coup Leaders After Jihadist Attacks Tillaberi: 2023-02-06 At least nine people killed in attack on refugee in Niger Posted by: trailing wife 2023-10-01 |
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