KKB attacks the market at the border, more than 50 people killed

NIAMEY – Armed group opened fire at four vehicles carrying scores of people home from a market in the Tillaberi area Niger said at least 58 people were killed after attacks near the border with Mali that.

A resident earlier told the AFP news agency that the series of attacks began with a shooting on a bus en route to Chinedogar, which killed about 20 people.

Others said the victims were shopping in Banibangou, a popular market town close to the Mali border.

Neither group has claimed the attack, which took place on Monday.

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However, there are currently two armed criminal groups (KKB) in Niger – one in the west near Mali and Burkina Faso, and one in the southeast on the border with Nigeria.

In a statement read on public television, the Niger government said that a group of unidentified gunmen intercepted four vehicles carrying passengers home from the weekly Banibangou market to the villages of Chinedogar and Darey-Daye.

“The victims of this barbaric act (were) 58 killed, one wounded, a number of grain warehouses and two vehicles were burned, and two more vehicles were confiscated,” he added as quoted by Antara. BBC, Wednesday (17/3/2021).

The government also announced a three-day period of national mourning, starting Wednesday.

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The Nigerian government urges its citizens to remain vigilant and determined to fight crime in all its forms.

(ian)

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