The burnt-out vehicle of eight people, including six French citizens, that was attacked by unidentified gunmen in southwest NigerGunmen on motorcycles killed eight people including a group of French aid workers as they visited a part of Niger popular with tourists for its wildlife, officials said. French aid group ACTED said several of its workers were among those killed during a tourist outing. SEE ALSO: Kenya now better placed to fight terrorism, radicalisation"Among the eight people killed in Niger, several were Acted employees," said the NGO's lawyer Joseph Breham. SEE ALSO: Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 16 in northern CameroonOne woman managed to escape but was later caught and killed, the source added. In Paris, a spokesman for the French army said France's Barkhane force, which fights jihadists in the Sahel region, had provided support to Niger's forces.

Source: Standard Digital August 10, 2020 05:36 UTC