Gunmen riding motorcycles attacked a group of civilians returning from a market day in an unstable corner of Niger, killing at least 58 people and then burning grain to the ground, the government said Tuesday. Immediate responsibility for Monday’s massacre was not claimed, although extremists affiliated with the Islamic State …
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NIMAY, Niger (AP) – Gunmen on motorcycles attacked a group of civilians returning from a market day in a volatile corner of Niger, killing at least 58 people and then burning grain to the ground, it said Tuesday. Immediate responsibility for Monday’s massacre was not claimed, although extremists affiliated with …
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Two European aid groups said on Monday that seven of the eight people killed by gunmen in a giraffe park in Niger were aid workers working for them in the West African country. The six French citizens and one Nigerian who were killed on Sunday worked for Paris-based NGO ACTED …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Motorcycle gunmen killed six French aid workers, a Nigerian guide and a driver at a wildlife park in Niger on Sunday, officials said. PHILO PHOTO: Men resting on the banks of the Niger River in Niamey, Niger, February 20, 2016. REUTERS / Joe Penney The group was …
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