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ABIDJAN: Ten Nigerien soldiers were killed in an attack by the Boko Haram group in southeastern Niger on Friday.
The attack occurred close to N’Guigmi, a garrison town in the Diffa marshy Lake Chad region shared also by Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad and where Boko Haram has several camps.
“There were 10 soldiers killed in this attack,” a resident of N’Guigmi said.
“There were deaths among the attacks” too, he said, adding that the army was sweeping the area.
