Many civilians killed in fresh west Niger attack

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At least 19 civilians are killed after armed men raided a village in west Niger close to the border with Mali

Unidentified assailants attacked people attending a funeral at a cemetery, before going on to the village where they"shot at everyone they saw," an official says.

Nineteen civilians were killed when armed men raided a village in west Niger close to the border with Mali, a local official said on Sunday, in the latest bloodshed in the troubled region. An unknown number of unidentified assailants, known locally as bandits, initially attacked people attending a funeral at a cemetery, before going on to the village where they "shot at everyone they saw," the official said.

"What concerns us a lot is this escalation of violence and insecurity that is recently taking place in the region," Tillaberi governor Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella said in March, pointing to the increased imposition of taxes by militants, theft of livestock, and violence against civilians.

 

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