March 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Nigerien Armed Forces have reported the death of a hundred “terrorists” and the destruction of dozens of motorcycles in military operations carried out in the last week.
In addition, communications equipment, weapons and ammunition have been seized, according to the Nigerian news portal Actu Niger. The first operation took place at the beginning of the week in the east of the country and made it possible to kill 83 suspected “terrorists” and destroy three bases and two logistics warehouses.
A second operation has led to the arrest of eight suspects in the surroundings of Ayorou, while another 79 “terrorists” have died in Hamakat, where more than a hundred motorcycles and weapons were destroyed.
In the department of Loga, specifically in the village of Dorogi Balley Dayo, two militiamen were killed and a motorcycle, ammunition and weapons were recovered. There is a wounded soldier.
Niger faces a terrorist threat in the west from Al Qaeda’s branch in Mali, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (JNIM), and the Islamic State in the Sahel –formerly the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ( ISGS)–.
Likewise, the Diffa region, bathed by Lake Chad, is the scene of relatively frequent attacks by Boko Haram and its splinter, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA).
