Seven killed in attack on Foraco well site in southeastern Niger
22/11/2018 08:39
NIAMEY, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Armed men killed at least seven
people on Thursday in an attack on French drilling company
Foraco's FAR.TO water well site in southeastern Niger, a
security and company source said.
The security source said the assailants were believed to
belong to Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram.
An official at the well site in Niger's Diffa region did not
know who was responsible for the attack but said the victims
included six company employees and one civil servant.
(Reporting By Moussa Aksar and Boureima Balima; Writing by
Aaron Ross
Editing by Gareth Jones)
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