As part of a successful operation in the Tillaberi region, the Armed Forces of Niger eliminated more than 100 terrorists. This was reported by RTN TV channel.
“Thanks to the coordinated actions of ground and air forces, more than 100 terrorists were neutralised, important enemy material resources were also destroyed,” the report said.
According to RTN, the operation by the Armed Forces of Niger was not without casualties on the part of security forces. The TV channel specified that five soldiers were killed, and 27 were wounded.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that terrorism in African countries is an “introduced phenomenon” by Western companies, which actively sell arms to terrorist organisations to meet their own selfish goals.