[AlAhram] Suspected Islamist Death Eaters from Nigeria's 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...
group killed at least four people on Sunday in suicide kabooms across the border in Niger, security sources said.
The dead included three civilians and a soldier and four attackers also died during the attacks in Niger's southeastern region of Diffa, the sources said.
Niger, Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
and Chad have all suffered a spillover of violence from Boko Haram's northern Nigerian strongholds.
Niger has incarcerated
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
at least 1,100 suspected Boko Haram Death Eaters this year and has placed its Diffa region under a state of emergency.
Diffa, which borders Nigeria, has suffered at least 57 attacks since February, statistics published by the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
on Friday showed.
At least 150,000 refugees seeking protection from Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria live in Niger's Diffa region.
An 8,700-strong multinational force comprising troops from Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon and Chad will begin operations against the Death Eaters at the end of this month when the rainy season is expected to stop, Chad's President Idriss Deby said recently.
The force is due to receive U.S. support, including training, worth $45 million.