At least three people
were killed including a soldier after suspected Boko Haram militants raided a
village in southern Niger, killing three, Reuters news agency reports. The overnight attack took
place in the village of Abadam in the Diffa region near Niger's border with
Nigeria.
"Boko
Haram attacked Tuesday night," one military source said to Reuters.
"They killed two civilians and looted shops of goods. We lost a sergeant
on Wednesday during a pursuit of the terrorists. But we neutralised them."
Thousands
of people have fled to Diffa which is under a state of emergency, to escape
Boko Haram violence in the past two years.
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