NIAMEY, (Niger) \u2014\u00a0Boko Haram militants raided a village in southeastern Niger, killing at least 18 people and looting shops, witnesses said on Thursday.\u00a0Militants also torched almost 100 homes\u00a0in the village.<\/p>\n
“The toll is 18 dead, 11 hurt, almost 100 homes burned down,” Bako Mamadou, the mayor of nearby town Bosso, told AFP.<\/p>\n
The attack occurred on Wednesday night in a village not far from the border with Nigeria, said Adam Boukarna, who runs a radio station in the nearby town of Diffa.<\/p>\n
“The assailants arrived on motorbikes and opened fire on anything that moved before pillaging shops and other business,” Boukarna said. Multiple people were injured, including some “who were in a very bad state,” he said.<\/p>\n
A state of emergency has been declared there in a bid to boost security. But the attackers often manage to flee across the River Komadougou, marking the border with Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Central African leaders in regional bloc CEEAC said on Wednesday at a summit that they were raising 50 billion CFA Francs ($80 million) to help Nigeria’s neighbors fight the Islamist militant group.<\/p>\n
The Nigerian terror group, recently termed as the world\u2019s deadliest, operates within Nigeria but has expanded in the past to\u00a0neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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