Nigerien movement claims 15 soldiers killed
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Alakhbar
The Nigerien movement says 15 soldiers were killed, without specifying the circumstances in the extract provided. The claim, reported from Niamey by Al Akhbar, comes amid armed opposition to the authorities, according to the dispatch.
In Niger, the National Movement for Freedom and Justice, an armed group active in the north of the country, says it killed at least 15 soldiers and wounded seven others on Saturday in two attacks near the border with Libya. The group claimed responsibility for an attack on a National Guard camp in Séguidine and on a post housing security forces, gendarmes and customs officers.
Radio France Internationale reports that the attack on the camp took place at dawn, while the soldiers were asleep. The attackers reportedly looted and set fire to the camp before seizing vehicles, weapons and ammunition, according to the radio station.
A video circulated on social media shows men identified as the attackers heading back towards the Jado mountains, in the Kawar area. The movement says it suffered no losses and says it wants to restore “order”.
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