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| AFP: Five killed in Nigerian militant attack |
| 2023-07-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] At least five people, including a police officer, were killed in an attack on a group of law enforcement officers in Niger, allegedly by militants. On Saturday, July 15, Agence France-Presse reported. “Five have been killed in an alleged jihadist attack in Niger. <…> A police officer and four civilians were killed in a terrorist attack in the southwest of the country ,” the agency said. According to AFP, the terrorist act took place on Friday afternoon near the border with Burkina Faso, and the police group accompanying the convoy became the target of the attack. In addition to the five dead, another 19 people were injured. As IA Regnum reported , on June 27, Agence France-Presse, citing its sources, reported an attack by militants in the central part of Burkina Faso, which killed at least 30 soldiers. According to the source, the VDP detachment became the main target of the militants' attack. |
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