Niger: the attack seems to have been "premeditated" to "target Westerners"

The attack seems to have been "premeditated" to "target Westerners", said a judicial source on Friday, nearly a week after the attack which left eight victims, including six French aid workers, in Kouré in Niger.

"At this point, there is no indication that the attack specifically targeted Acted although it cannot be completely excluded either," said this source.

The eleven French investigators return this Saturday, after having worked in “total cooperation” with their Nigerien counterparts, indicates BFM TV. According to the first elements of the investigation, the modus operandi "leaves little doubt" about the terrorist character, underlines the channel. The attackers left no chance of survival for the victims.

French agents proceeded to hearings of witnesses, in particular all the employees of the giraffe reserve where aid workers were killed last Sunday, according to the channel. Investigators went to the scene of the attack to make observations, take pictures and take samples.

The eight victims (six French, a guide and a Nigerien driver), were shot dead by motorcycle attackers in a reserve southeast of Niamey, the capital of the country, which is home to the last herds of giraffes in Africa. from West. According to BFM TV, a chase with the car of the victims took place over several hundred meters.