According to local authorities, at least 11 civilians were slain in the western Niger on Sunday when armed militants assaulted three lorries and a motorcycle close to the so-called “Al-Muthaghami border” with Mali.
According to AFP, a municipal official “At around 11:00 (10:00 GMT) on Saturday, three trucks were stopped by armed men, and the nine individuals inside were all executed. In addition, two additional motorcyclists perished “AFP was told by a local official.
The three trucks were attacked on a sandy road between Banibango and Tizigoro, which is close to the Mali border, according to the source.
The cement supplies were handed over to contractors on Friday, he continued, and one of the trucks had just left Banibango.
According to the information we have, 11 individuals were killed, two trucks were torched, and a third was buried, a regional deputy said to AFP.
The deputy reported that two trucks carrying food were travelling to Bangango.
The attack occurs after a period of peace in the Banibango region, which borders Mali, where it is assumed that since 2021, attacks have doubled, particularly on residents in their villages and farmland.
18 people were killed in a vehicle attack in Bangango last February that was carried out by attackers riding motorcycles.
At least 69 members of the vigilance committee, a self-defense militia led by the mayor of Banibango, were slain by gunmen on November 2, 2021.
Ten people were killed in October by assailants who arrived on motorcycles during evening prayers at a mosque close to Tizigoro.
66 persons lost their lives on March 15, 2021, in attacks on vehicles leaving Banibango’s sizable weekly market.
The turbulent Telapiri region, which has an area of 100,000 square kilometers, is located in the “border triangle” at the borders of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali.
He has seen violence committed by terrorist organisations affiliated with the Islamic State and al-Qaeda since 2017.
At least 11 individuals were killed in alleged Islamist strikes in western Niger.
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