Ten Nigerian soldiers died in an attack by gunmen At least ten Niger soldiers were killed in an attack carried out by some bandits in the s...
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Ten Nigerian soldiers died in an attack by gunmen
At least ten Niger soldiers were killed in an attack carried out by some bandits in the southwestern region of the country on Thursday morning, as three security sources told the Reuters news agency.
The attack was carried out about 190 kilometers (118 miles) from the country's capital Yamai in Kandadji, near the border region of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, which has been the center of the IS insurgency in the Sahel region for the past few years. they went before.
The sources, including a senior military officer who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media, did not say which group was responsible. Local groups of al Qaeda and IS operate in the region and regularly carry out attacks on soldiers and civilians.
Two security sources said the soldiers responded to the attack with ground troops and helicopter gunships, one of which was wounded but managed to return to their base.
The Republic of Niger is under the rule of the military that seized power in July, partly to show his displeasure at the deterioration of security. The neighboring countries of Mali and Burkina Faso have had two coups in the past three years.
However, security analysts said that there have been attacks in the Republic of Niger under the deposed president Mohamed Bazoum, who tried to stop the activities of terrorists and the rural areas where they originated.
At least 17 soldiers were killed in an attack in southwest Niger in mid-August.
France said on Sunday it would withdraw 1,500 troops from Niger before the end of the year, after weeks of pressure from the military junta and anti-colonial protests from supporters of the coup. have troops there to fight the rebels.
Last Thursday, hundreds of supporters of the Junta government gathered again in front of the French military base in Yamai, the capital of the country, to ask the soldiers to leave.