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Eighteen people were killed Thursday in Chad by men identified as belonging to the extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, said Sunday to AFP a source of security of this country. Boko Haram elements attacked a village south of Daboua, "near the border of Nigeria and Niger," killed 18 people, wounded two others, and kidnapped 10 women, "the same source told AFP. AFP
Niger had already reported Saturday that it had killed "ten terrorists" after repelling an attack by the extremist Boko Haram group in the south-east of the country
"Thursday night … Friday, Baroua's military position was attacked by terrorist group Boko Haram, "causing one dead and two wounded among Nigerian troops" and ten terrorists killed after the reaction … of our forces, "said the Ministry of Defense. Defense of a statement read Saturday evening on state television
"The search operations conducted by our defense and security forces are ongoing," says the ministry.
Baroua Guigmi is located in the Diffa region, a swampy area of 39, difficult access, in which the Boko Haram fighters are entrenched.
In early July, six soldiers were killed in the attack on the Bla Brin military post in the same area, according to an army report. In June, three suicide bombers blew up their belts of explosives in different parts of the city of Diffa, the regional capital, killing six people.
The Diffa region is the scene since February 2015 of numerous attacks by the group Boko Haram
In addition to Boko Haram attacks in the south-east, Niger is facing recurrent attacks by Islamist groups in the Sahel north and west.
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