37 非軍事のs killed in attack in western Niger

A survivor of a jihadist attack on two villages in western Niger on January 2 in which 105 people were killed

A 生存者 of a jihadist attack on two villages in western Niger on January 2 in which 105 people were killed

Thirty-seven 非軍事のs were killed in a 地域 of western Niger that has been 乱打するd by jihadist 急襲s from 隣人ing Mali, 地元の sources said Tuesday.

"武装した men who arrived on motorbikes" attacked the village of Darey-Daye in the Tillaberi 地域 on Monday afternoon as people were working in the fields, a 地元の 公式の/役人 said.

"The (死傷者)数 is very high -- there were 37 dead, 含むing four women and 13 children," the source said.

A 地元の 新聞記者/雑誌記者 確認するd the (死傷者)数 and 述べるd the attack as "very 血まみれの."

"They 設立する people in the fields and 発射 at anything that moved," he said.

The attack is the fifth in the area in as many months, (人命などを)奪う,主張するing more than 150 lives, によれば an AFP (死傷者)数.

率d the world's poorest country by the UN's Human 開発 索引, Niger lies in the heart of the arid Sahel 地域 of West Africa, which is 戦う/戦いing a nine-year-old jihadist 暴動.

The 流血/虐殺 began in northern Mali in 2012 and then spread to the centre of the country befor e hitting 隣人ing Niger and Burkina Faso.

Niger's Tillaberi region

Niger's Tillaberi 地域

Tillaberi has borne the brunt of the 緊急.

Darey-Daye, 位置を示すd 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the town of Banibangou, was already reeling from a 血まみれの 強襲,強姦 on March 15.

嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd jihadists killed 66 people in attacks on the village and on 乗り物s of people returning from the 週刊誌 market in Banibangou.

によれば a (死傷者)数 問題/発行するd last Wednesday by Human 権利s Watch (HRW), more than 420 非軍事のs were killed in jihadist attacks in western Niger this year and tens of thousands of people have fled their homes.

The Banibangou department lies in the いわゆる "tri-国境" area where the frontiers of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali converge.

The area is 悪名高い for attacks by 高度に 動きやすい members of jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic 明言する/公表する group.

Three attacks by gunmen on motorbikes were carried out in the Banibangou area on July 25 and 29 and August 9, 殺人,大当り 48 people, によれば the 当局.

残虐(行為)s have also been committed in southeast Niger by Nigerian jihadists from Boko Haram and the Islamic 明言する/公表する West Africa 州 (ISWAP).

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