Agadez pays tribute to travellers killed in SONITRAV bus ambush
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Journalduniger
Agadez region governor Major General Ibra Boulama Issa presided on 21 October 2026 over the ceremony to release the bodies of travellers killed in an ambush targeting two SONITRAV buses. The tribute follows the deadly attack previously reported by the Journal du Niger.
Agadez authorities paid tribute on Wednesday 21 October 2026 to travellers killed in an ambush on two coaches belonging to Nigerien company SONITRAV, the Journal du Niger reports. The governor of the region, Major General Ibra Boulama Issa, presided over the ceremony to release the bodies at Agadez Regional Hospital.
The victims’ families, military officials and civilian authorities took part in funeral prayers. The funeral processions then took the deceased to the city’s western cemetery, where they were buried. On behalf of the state, the governor expressed the solidarity of the institutions with the bereaved families.
The tribute follows the ambush on two buses that killed at least 11 people in Niger. The governor of Agadez had also visited survivors of the attack on SONITRAV buses, according to an article published on 21 October.
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