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Niger army says ten Boko Haram ‘terrorists’ killed

NIAMEY, July 22, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Niger’s army said Saturday it killed
“ten terrorists” after one of its military positions in the southwest of the
country was attacked by fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist group.

“In the night from Thursday to Friday, the military station of Baroua was
attacked by the terrorist group Boko Haram,” Niger’s defence ministry said in
a statement.

According to a preliminary toll, one army soldier was killed and two others
injured.

“On the enemy’s side, 10 terrorists were killed,” the statement added.

The ministry said the area was still being searched by security forces.

Baroua is in Niger’s southeastern Diffa region, near the border with
Nigeria, and has been the target of numerous attacks by Boko Haram.

At the beginning of July, six Niger soldiers were killed in an attack at a
military post in the same area.

The previous month, three suicide bombers blew themselves up in Diffa town,
killing six people.

BSS/AFP/MSY/0812 hrs