Niger says days of raids kill 280 Boko Haram extremists
Friday 04/January/2019 - 03:44 PM
Niger's defense ministry says several days of raids
have killed more than 280 Boko Haram extremists near the border with Nigeria,
ABC News reported Thursday.
The statement says the land and air raids began on
Dec. 28, with more than 200 extremists killed in airstrikes.
Nigeria in November held an urgent meeting with
neighbors about what it called an extremist resurgence fueled by the new use of
drones.
Niger's statement says no troops were killed in the
raids in its east. It notes that Nigeria "suffered a string of recent
attacks on its military bases" and that the extremists had been
reinvigorated.
