Niger village attacks killed 100, says prime minister : vima

Story by Reuters and Eoin McSweeney
Updated 6:28 AM ET, Mon January 4, 2021
Nigerien Prime Minister Brigi Rafini speaks during a summit in 2019 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
One hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in western Niger, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said following one of the deadliest days in recent memory for a country ravaged by Islamist violence.
Rafini announced the death toll in remarks broadcast on national television on Sunday from a visit to the zone, near the border with Mali. He did not say who was responsible.
Security sources said on Saturday that at least 70 civilians had been killed in simultaneous raids by suspected Islamist militants on the villages of Tchombangou and Zaroumdareye.

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