The French army killed in Niger one of the perpetrators of the assassination of six French humanitarians, their guide and their Nigerien driver in August 2020 in the park of Kouré, claimed by the group Islamic State in the Sahel (EIGS), a announced Tuesday, December 21 the French general staff.
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Yesterday (Monday), in the region of Tillabéri (west), we neutralized by air strike an EIGS group leader, Soumana Boura, one of the perpetrators of the assassination of six nationals in the Kouré park on the 9th. August 2020
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had filmed the execution and had ensured the media coverage
", told AFP the spokesman of the staff, Colonel Pascal Ianni.
