Niger: Attack of Boko Haram kills 6 soldiers, 3 others wounded
Six Nigerien soldiers were killed and three others wounded on Wednesday in southeastern Niger in an attack attributed to the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram.
According to the statement by the Interior Ministry read on state radio, the soldiers were killed in “an ambush” at 6:00 local” (5:00 GMT) by “terrorists of Boko Haram” 20 km from the city of Diffa, the regional capital of southeast Niger, which is close to Nigeria.
Since February 2015, Niger has been victim of incessant attacks of Boko Haram in the southeast, near the stronghold of the insurgents.