Niger terror assault: 137 lifeless as gunmen assault 3 villages

Over hundred individuals had been killed in a horrific violence unleashed by some armed males in a number of villages in southwestern Niger situated close to the border with Mali. According to stories, the attackers, who got here on motorbikes, raided the villages of Intazayene, Bakorat and Wistane on Sunday. As per the Niger authorities, the attackers killed 137 and left a number of injured. Initially, there have been stories of round 58 individuals being killed within the assault.
Newly elected President of Niger faces the problem of violence by armed teams
Government spokesman Zakaria Abdourahamane stated that the ‘armed bandits’ have gone a step additional in committing brutalities on civilians. “In treating civilian populations systematically as targets now, these armed bandits have a step further into horror brutality”, Abdourahamane was quoted as saying.
Après le bloodbath de Banibangou les terroristes ont sévi hier sur le même mode barbare contre les paisibles populations civiles de Intazayene et Bakorat dans le département de Tilia faisant plusieurs morts. Je présente mes condoléances émues aux mother and father des victimes.— Mohamed Bazoum (@mohamedbazoum) March 22, 2021
Niger, which has been ranked by the United Nations because the poorest nation on this planet, is reportedly fighting armed campaigns which were taking place in Mali and Nigeria as properly. The assaults go away a number of individuals lifeless and displaced. The assaults in Niger are posing a severe problem earlier than the newly elected president of the nation Mohamad Bazoum. Bazoum, who was elected because the President final month and was confirmed by Niger’s apex courtroom on Sunday, expressed condolence for the households of the victims on Twitter on Monday.
Around 66 individuals had been killed in a brutal assault earlier in March
The villages that had been attacked by armed males on Sunday are situated within the Tahoua area that shares boundary with Tillaberi border space. Tillaberi border space is alleged to be the hotspot of battle fueled by terrorist teams like Al Qaeda and ISIS troubling the western portion of the Sahel for round 10 years. Around 66 individuals had been reportedly killed on March 15 in an assault by some armed males on a bus carrying consumers from the market city of Banibangou. The killers then raided the village of Darey-Daye the place the killed the locals and set the granaries on hearth. The similar day, about 33 Malian troopers had been reportedly killed in an assault claimed by ISIS within the tri-border space the place the frontiers of Niger, Burking Faso and Mali converge. Bazoum who’s a former inside minister has reportedly ordered reinforcements within the Tillaberi area following the March 15 bloodbath.
Niger is a member of the G5, a France-backed alliance of nations within the Sahel area. A contingent of 1,200 troopers from the Chadian military has reportedly been deployed within the area below the G5 banner. In an assault that was carried out in two villages in Mangaize district of Tillaberi in January this 12 months, round 100 individuals had been killed. This is alleged to be to the worst bloodbath within the historical past of Niger. This was adopted by killing of 89 military males in the identical month in an assault on a army camp in Chinegodar.
The Tillaberi area reportedly has lively jihad teams. However, the counter-terrorism measures in opposition to these teams have allegedly given rise to ethnic militias.