Troops launch manhunt after Niger killings, France sets terror probe

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Troops in Niger backed by French air power launched a hunt Monday for the killers of eight people, six of them French nationals, as prosecutors in ...

The bodies were found next to the burned-out wreckage of the group's vehicle. KOURE, Niger: Troops in Niger backed by French air power launched a hunt Monday for the killers of eight people, six of them French nationals, as prosecutors in Paris announced a terror investigation into their deaths.

The country, one of the poorest in the world, is struggling with incursions by Islamists from both Nigeria to the south and Mali to the west. Most of the victims were shot although one woman managed to escape but was later caught and her throat was cut, a source said."COWARDLY AND BARBARIC" The Koure area is a sanctuary for hundreds of West African giraffes, a subspecies distinguished by its lighter colour.

 

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