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Five Niger soldiers killed in IED explosion
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NIAMEY, 07 March 2022, (TON): The defence ministry said “five soldiers have been killed by a mine in Niger’s southwestern Torodi region, where jihadist attacks using improvised explosive device are increasingly frequent.”
The ministry said in a statement carried on national television “three soldiers were wounded in the blast, which occurred when an army patrol vehicle ran over the IED.”
The troops were part of the 2,160-strong Niya anti-jihadist force set up in February in the southwest, near the border with Burkina Faso.
Since 2017, western Niger has been regularly targeted by Islamist groups, despite the deployment of thousands of anti-jihadist troops and the imposition of a state of emergency.
IED attacks on the army have become particularly frequent in Torodi and neighbouring Gotheye.
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