Seven military police officers killed in Boko Haram attack

Extremist group Boko Haram killed seven military police and injured three others in an attack on a barracks in south east Niger, witnesses said on Saturday.

Seven military police officers killed in Boko Haram attack
Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 20:44

Extremist group Boko Haram killed seven military police and injured three others in an attack on a barracks in south east Niger, witnesses said on Saturday.

"They arrived around 6pm and went to the police camp," said Idrissa Maman Sani, a humanitarian worker based in the Diffa region where the attack occurred on Friday.

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