Boko Haram Insurgents Kill Cleric, 17 Others in Niger

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The deadly Boko Haram sect has carried out another gruesome operation in Niger Republic which has left several people dead.
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The Boko Haram militants have killed 18 people, including a local religious leader, in an attack on a village in the country’s southern border area of Diffa .

According to NAN, Justice Minister, Marou Amadou, who disclosed this in a statement said “Boko Haram has once again sent us into mourning”.

“Eighteen villagers were killed, including the Chief Imam of the village whose throat was slit by his own nephew,” he said.

Mr. Amadou said epeople were injured and a three-year-old girl was abducted, adding that the army was pursuing the “terrorists in all nooks and crannies of the Lake Chad”.

According to him, the gunmen stormed the village of Gogone near the shores of Lake Chad on foot and fired indiscriminately on residents.

The Diffa region had suffered dozens of cross-border strikes since January by the extremist group whose stronghold in North-East Nigeria lies a few kilometres away.

A state of emergency has been declared there in a bid to boost security, but the attackers often manage to flee across the River Komadougou, marking the border with Nigeria.

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