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1st LD: Boko Haram kills 40 civilians in Niger's Far East region

Xinhua, June 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

About 40 civilians were killed between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, in attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorist group in Niger's Far East localities of Lamana and Ingoumaoua, near the Nigerian border, a local private radio has reported.

According to "Anfani" radio station, some people were shot at, while others were grouped into different houses by the sect's fighters who later set the houses on fire.

Several injured people were admitted at the Diffa regional hospital, the same source said, adding that Nigerien soldiers were still pursuing the attackers.

It will be recalled that in the last three months, Niger, just like other countries neighboring Lake Chad Basin, have come under deadly Boko Haram attacks which have left many civilians and soldiers dead.

The Nigerien and Chadian troops are still engaged in a large scale operation against this Nigerian islamist sect. Endi