A Nigerien soldier stands guard in the Kouré Reserve, about 60 km from Niamey on August 21, 2020, at the scene where six French aid workers, their local guide and the driver were killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles on August 9, 2020. © Boureima Hama, AFP
A Nigerien soldier stands guard in the Kouré Reserve, about 60 km from Niamey on August 21, 2020, at the scene where six French aid workers, their local guide and the driver were killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles on August 9, 2020. © Boureima Hama, AFP
The attack happened close to the border with Mali, security sources said on Sunday.
The attackers, who came in large numbers on motorcycles, carried out the massacre in retaliation after two members of their group were killed by villagers while committing an attack earlier in the day, the same sources said.
This part of Niger has, in recent years, suffered from deadly attacks.
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