19 Killed in Attack on Niger Base, Hostages Seized
Eighteen soldiers and a civilian were killed in a car bomb attack on a military base in Niger on Thursday, the interior minister said, adding that one of the assailants had taken several trainee officers hostage.
"We have 19 dead in Agadez, 18 soldiers and a civilian," Abdou Labo said at a press conference, adding that four suicide bombers were killed in the blast, one of two attacks in Niger on Thursday. "A fifth bomber has locked himself up in an office with several trainee officers as hostages."
Source: Agence France Presse
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