Ten troops were killed and another 15 were injured in two attacks on Friday – attributed to jihadists – in the western part of Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, the African defense minister also said.
Niger, ruled by soldiers who seized power with a coup, has been facing jihadist attacks for over a decade.
“On Friday, July 4, Bulonga and Samira’s defense and security forces in the prefecture of Gotta were targeted by a hundreds of mercenaries.” – A term used by the authorities of Niger for jihadists – said the country’s defense minister, general Salifou Monti.
According to the announcement broadcast by state television, the report of victims between government forces is in ’10 witnesses (ed. Dead soldiers) and 15 injured ». On the enemy’s side, ’41 mercenaries were killed’, while he has started a business to identify the rest of the perpetrators.
In the community Samira Liptako’s gold mine is located. During his visit there last February, the leader of the junta, the general Abdurachman Tiani He had inspected the security forces developed in the area and toured the gold mine facilities.
The county Gait It is located in the vast region of Tilaberi (almost 100,000 sq. Km) in the so -called “Trinity” – Niger border with Mali and Burkina Faso – which has been the theater of murderous attacks that launch jihadists associated with Al Qaeda and Islamic State for years.
Source :Skai
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