The victims of the attack and the traffic accident in Niger who followed him were 12 military.
According to the Ministry of Defense of Niger, unknown armed persons on motorcycles opened fire on the positions of military personnel in the Tillabury region. As a result of the incident, 7 military were killed.
In addition, 5 military people who went to reinforce the attacked position were killed in the accident.
During the shootout, the Niger military neutralized about 100 terrorists.
Note that as a result of terrorist attacks in two cities of Tillabury, 29 military were killed in August.
Tillabury area is located on the border of the three countries – Niger, Mali and Burkina -Faso.
This borderline is often attacked by terrorist groups associated with Al-Qaeda and Deash.