At least 70 civilians killed in attacks on two Niger villages: security source
(VOVWORLD) - At least 70 civilians were killed in recent attacks on two villages by suspected Islamist militants in Niger, near the border zone with Mali, security sources said on Saturday.
 Niger’s authorities are investigating the site of a bomb car in Kouré Reserve, Niger, on August 21, 2020. (Archive photo: AFP/VNA) |
About 49 villagers were killed and 17 people wounded in the village of Tchombangou. 30 other villagers had been killed in the village of Zaroumdareye.
Niger's government was not immediately available to comment.
The West African nation is suffering two security crises. It has successively suffered attacks near the western border with Mali and Burkina Faso by Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.
At the southeastern border with Nigeria, Boko Haram insurgents are posing a serious threat, killing hundreds of soldiers and people last year alone.