This is the heaviest death toll since the military came to power, who justified their July 26 coup in particular by the deterioration of the security situation.
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It is the deadliest attack since the military took power at the end of July. Niger is in mourning on Tuesday, October 3, after the death of 29 soldiers in a jihadist attack in the west. The attack “combining the use of improvised explosive devices and kamikaze vehicles by more than a hundred terrorists” targeted a detachment of security forces in Tabatol near the border with Mali, reports the Ministry of Defense. “The provisional assessment of this attack is as follows: on the friendly side, 29 soldiers fell as heroes, two were seriously injured”continues the ministry in a press release, which specifies that “several dozen terrorists” were killed.
This is the heaviest death toll since the military came to power, who justified their July 26 coup in particular by the deterioration of the security situation. In mid-August, 17 soldiers were killed in an attack near the border with Burkina Faso.