Death toll in Niger village massacre rises to 105

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Niger is also fighting jihadists in the southeast of the country, who cross from neighbouring Nigeria.

The death toll from a jihadist attack on two villages in western Niger at the weekend stands at 105, the UN said Thursday, adding that 10,000 people in the area had fled their homes.

Jean-Sebastien Josset, spokesman for the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees in the capital Niamey, said 32 people had been killed in the village of Zaroumadareye and 73 in Tchouma Bangou. “The number of people who have fled is now estimated at more than 10,000,” he told AFP, explaining that there had been an exodus from 12 other villages to the towns of Tondi Kiwindi and Mangaize.Scores of militants arrived on motorbikes to attack the villages, located in the jihadist-plagued region of Tillaberi, 120 kilometres north of the capital Niamey.

 

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