"Armed men who arrived on cycle of violence
s" attacked the village of Darey-Daye in the Tillaberi region on Monday afternoon as people were working in the fields, a local official said, adding: "The toll is very high -- there were 37 dead, including four women and 13 children."| Deutsche Welle adds: |
HRW: ISLAMISTS 'WAGING WAR' ON CIVILIANS
According to a report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week, at least 420 non-combatants were killed in jihadi attacks in Tillaberi and the neighboring region of Tahoua this year.
"Armed Islamist groups appear to be waging war on the civilian population in western Niger," Corinne Dufka, the Sahel director for the international rights group, said in the report.
HRW said people with disabilities and "numerous children" were killed, including some who were executed after being ripped from their parents' arms.
Extremist bully boy attacks have also destroyed schools and churches, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
Militants operating in the so-called triborder region, between Niger, 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 Mali are mostly affiliated with al-Qaeda or the 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....
group.
Similar attacks have repeatedly occurred in the region despite security efforts by authorities. Shooters on cycle of violences flee across the border into Mali after their raids.