Fifteen Nigerien soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a
"terrorist"
attack
Tuesday in the Tillabéri region (West) near Mali, four days after an ambush that killed 16 soldiers, the government announced Wednesday evening.
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The attack carried out
"by heavily armed men"
targeted Tuesday afternoon
"a position"
of the Nigerian anti-terrorist operation Almahaou ("Tourbillon", in local language) in the area of Intoussan, near the town of Banibangou , not far from the Malian border, said a statement from the Ministry of Defense.
