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Boko Haram militants kill 5 in Niger
By AfricaTimes on June 25, 2015
Suspected Boko Haram militants riding on motorbikes and horseback attacked a village in southern Niger overnight, killing at least five people, two security sources said on Wednesday.
The attack follows a night-time raid blamed on the Nigerian Islamist group that killed 38 people in the same region near Niger’s southern border last week.
In a statement read on state-owned radio late on Wednesday, the defence ministry said Nigerien forces had killed 15 Boko Haram fighters between June 18 and 23 and taken another 20 prisoners.
Despite a regional military operation to beat back Boko Haram, southern Niger has been attacked dozens of times this year.
