Gunmen Killed 58 In Tillaberi Of Niger Where Extremists Belonging To Islamic State Are Active|Africa
Gunmen on motorcycles have attacked a group of civilians returning from market day in a volatile corner of Niger, leaving at least 58 people dead, and then burning granaries to the ground.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the massacres, though extremists belonging to the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara group are known to be active in the Tillaberi region where the villages were attacked.
The victims were returning home on Monday from a large livestock market in Banibangou, near Niger’s troubled border with Mali. The nearby granaries destroyed by the suspected extremists held valuable food stores.
The announcement was read on Niger state television on Tuesday evening by government spokesman Abdourahmane Zakaria. He declared three days of national mourning for the victims.
The attacks underscore the enormous security challenges facing Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum, who won the election in late February to succeed outgoing leader Mahamadou Issoufou.
Not only are jihadis active in the Tillaberi region, but the counter-terrorism offensives against those extremists have helped give rise to ethnic militias, analysts say. Intercommunal tensions have been exacerbated as a result, particularly near the border between Mali and Niger.
Monday’s attack echoed a January massacre that left 100 people dead in two villages also in the Tillaberi region that have not been claimed by any extremist group or militia.
Subscribe to Swarajya on YouTube.
Get a Swarajya subscription: https://subscriptions.swarajyamag.com/join-us
Website: https://swarajyamag.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwarajyaMag
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swarajyamag
Видео Gunmen Killed 58 In Tillaberi Of Niger Where Extremists Belonging To Islamic State Are Active|Africa канала Swarajya
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the massacres, though extremists belonging to the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara group are known to be active in the Tillaberi region where the villages were attacked.
The victims were returning home on Monday from a large livestock market in Banibangou, near Niger’s troubled border with Mali. The nearby granaries destroyed by the suspected extremists held valuable food stores.
The announcement was read on Niger state television on Tuesday evening by government spokesman Abdourahmane Zakaria. He declared three days of national mourning for the victims.
The attacks underscore the enormous security challenges facing Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum, who won the election in late February to succeed outgoing leader Mahamadou Issoufou.
Not only are jihadis active in the Tillaberi region, but the counter-terrorism offensives against those extremists have helped give rise to ethnic militias, analysts say. Intercommunal tensions have been exacerbated as a result, particularly near the border between Mali and Niger.
Monday’s attack echoed a January massacre that left 100 people dead in two villages also in the Tillaberi region that have not been claimed by any extremist group or militia.
Subscribe to Swarajya on YouTube.
Get a Swarajya subscription: https://subscriptions.swarajyamag.com/join-us
Website: https://swarajyamag.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwarajyaMag
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swarajyamag
Видео Gunmen Killed 58 In Tillaberi Of Niger Where Extremists Belonging To Islamic State Are Active|Africa канала Swarajya
Показать
Комментарии отсутствуют
Информация о видео
Другие видео канала
![Bihar Police Scores Worst, Followed By Uttar Pradesh Police; South Indian States Perform Better](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BRFUY0I53KQ/default.jpg)
![Schools Run By Jamaat-e-Islami Affiliate Falah-e-Aam Trust To Be Shut In Jammu-Kashmir](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JrBgTznkxM4/default.jpg)
![Tata Projects Selected To Build Noida International Airport At Jewar](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vp0JlpG6D5k/default.jpg)
![Russia's Share Of Indian Arms Imports Fell From 69 Per Cent In 2012-17 To 46 Per Cent In 2017-21](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Uoc3uJte86k/default.jpg)
![Explainer: BMC's Plan To Fix Mumbai's Road Infrastructure](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dmf8D917R0E/default.jpg)
![Forced Religious Conversion Of Hindu Tribals: Bharuch Police Arrests 4 More Under Gujarat Law](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7BGD9kK9kfQ/default.jpg)
![India's Border Infrastructure: 27 Double-Lane Metal Bridges To Be Built On Strategic Roads](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NCrHMuYsuaQ/default.jpg)
![Cattle Seizures Near Bangladesh Border Drop From Over 1.5 Lakh in 2015 To 20,000 In 2021](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CJ_H9v3E1oA/default.jpg)
![Vande Bharat Trains: Indian Railways Has Placed An Order For 58 New Trains With Seven Companies](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TfhNudRAn1A/default.jpg)
![Foundation Stone Laid For National Highway Projects Worth Over Rs 5,700 Crore In Madhya Pradesh](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MoP0w2KyrB4/default.jpg)
![Assam: 90 MW Solar Power Project, Largest In The State, Commissioned](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R0lawvirFmM/default.jpg)
![Only One Toll Plaza Within 60 km On National Highways; Toll Collection On Highways, Explained](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_iJeS57xBFU/default.jpg)
![Adani Total Launches Its First Electric Vehicle Charging Station In Ahmedabad](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c7fiqt-77OE/default.jpg)
![Indian Army inducts Swarm Drones, Explained](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FSsj8Og5oA8/default.jpg)
![Ken-Betwa Link Project Authority Set Up To Drive Implementation Of The River Interlinking Project](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PVJo-fWHg9w/default.jpg)
![India's Largest Floating Solar Project Commissioned In Telangana](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kJco84HeUeA/default.jpg)
![F-18 Super Hornet To Demonstrate Itself At INS Hansa For INS Vikrant And INS Vikramaditya](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hh3NYJOC_kg/default.jpg)
![Zetwerk To Produce10 Million Hearables, Wearables And IoT Devices Annually In Noida](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/myFQU7raO6Q/default.jpg)
![Six Trends That Will Shape India's 2020s](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3h2VM0Lnw0g/default.jpg)
![UN Telecom Agency ITU To Have An Area Office And Innovation Centre In New Delhi](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OV3ZleDZcpE/default.jpg)
![UP: These National Highway Projects Built With Rs 3,037 Crore Were Inaugurated In Mirzapur](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PZO-Lo0nOjg/default.jpg)