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Boko Haram attacks in eastern Niger leave a dozen dead: mayor
NIAMEY, March 27, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Ten people were killed along with two
suicide bombers in a coordinated attack late Tuesday by Boko Haram jihadists
on a town in eastern Niger, the local mayor said.
“Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen then attacked
civilians,” the mayor of the town of N’Guigmi, Abba Kaya Issa, told AFP on
Wednesday.
“We have a provisional toll of 10 dead plus the two suicide bombers,” he
said, blaming “Boko Haram elements” for the assault.
BSS/AFP/RY/1752 hrs