on october 04, 2013 at 9:10 am in news
NIAMEY (AFP) – “Armed bandits” have killed a Niger
soldier and seriously wounded three others in
Nigeria’s volatile north-east, a high-ranking Niger
security official told AFP Thursday, in new violence
to hit an area considered as the homebase of
Islamist sect Boko Haram.
“A soldier from Niger was killed yesterday
(Wednesday) around 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) and three
others were wounded in an attack by eight armed
bandits on Nigerian territory,” the official said on
condition of anonymity.
The soldiers were part of a west African force based
in Baga, a town located in Nigeria’s restive
northeastern state of Borno.
The three wounded soldiers were taken to a hospital
in eastern Niger’s Diffa, near the border with
Nigeria.
Diffa-based private radio station Anfani claimed the
soldiers were “ambushed by Boko Haram 10
kilometres (six miles) from the border with Niger”.
Boko Haram has said it is fighting to create an
Islamic state in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north, but
the group is believed to be made up of different
factions with varying aims.
The group has attacked churches, mosques,
newspaper offices, the security forces, politicians
and a UN building, among other targets.
According to an estimate earlier this year, Boko
Haram’s insurgency has claimed more than 3,600
lives, including deaths caused by the security
forces. The current toll is likely much higher.

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