Three Niger Police Die in Attack Near Border

Three policemen have been killed in an attack on Niger security forces near the border with Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. Niger's Ministry of Defense made the statement on public television Thursday. Colonel Ledru Moustapha said in the statement the attack was launched by assailants who arrived on four motorcycles and in a Toyota pickup truck. In an earlier attack, three members of Niger's defense forces were wounded and five suicide bombers were killed Wednesday in an ambush...

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