At least 40 civilians were killed on Sunday in a series of attacks on villages in western Niger near the Malian border, six days after attacks in the same area that left 66 dead, sources said. local and secure.
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Armed men came on motorcycles and they shot at everything that moved.
They raged in Intazayene, Bakoarate and Wistane and in surrounding camps and there are
"at least"
40 people killed,
"said a local elected, whose statements were confirmed by a source of the Nigerien security services.