Gunmen storm militia camp and kill 25 in Niger

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Attack is part of a wider wave of deadly violence since 2017 in Sahel region

A Niger soldier patrols along the border in Maradi region. Picture: GILES CLARKE/GETTY IMAGES

Attackers on motorcycles stormed the camp of a local self-defence militia near the village of Bakorat in the Tahoua region on Tuesday, said Attawane Abeitane, mayor of the nearby town of Tillia. “These are terrorists who came from outside and there were many of them,” Abeitane said. “There were deaths among the terrorists, and motorcycles were also burnt.”

One raid on Bakorat and neighbouring villages in March killed 137 people, one of the deadliest days in Niger’s recent history. Local officials blamed that attack on IS in the Greater Sahara.

 

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