22 Soldiers Killed In Attack On Niger Refugee Camp
Faizan Hashmi Published October 07, 2016 | 03:05 PM
NIAMEY, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 07th Oct, 2016 ) : Twenty-two soldiers have been killed in an attack probably carried out by militants, on a camp in Niger sheltering Malian refugees, a security official told AFP on Friday.
"Some 30 to 40 heavily armed men speaking in Tuareg carried out the attack (on Thursday), killing 22 soldiers," the official said. The UN refugee agency confirmed the death toll.
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