The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility on Thursday for the assassination on Sunday, August 9 in Niger of eight people, including six young French aid workers and two Nigerians, in its Al-Naba propaganda organ.
The publication, authenticated by multiple sources, including the American organ SITE, specializing in the monitoring of jihadist groups, evokes a "lightning attack" in the Kouré region which resulted in the death of six French "Crusaders" and two "apostates. »Nigeriens.
# Kouré #Niger
Some images of the vehicle in which the 6 French # were on board as well as their driver and a tourist guide following the attack on Sunday August 8 around 11:00 am in # Kouré.
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- Aboubacar Y. Barma (@aboubacarybarma) August 9, 2020
Stella, Myriam, Léo… They were between 25 and 35 years old.
French aid workers from Acted, two men and four women, were murdered with their Nigerien driver and guide by armed men on motorcycles on August 9 while visiting the Kouré giraffe reserve, 60 km to the south. east of the capital Niamey where they were based.
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After the attack, the Nigerien government closed the reserve while France placed the site in a "red zone", just like the rest of the country, except the capital.
Niger, a very poor Sahelian country, is plagued by recurrent jihadist attacks that have left hundreds of people dead.
With Mali and neighboring Burkina Faso, it is at the heart of a huge area scoured by jihadist groups claiming to be ISIS or its rival Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and where some 5,100 soldiers are deployed. French counterterrorism force Barkhane.
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VIDEO. Six French people, including humanitarian aid workers from Acted, killed with their guides in Niger
