58 people have died in an attack by extremists in West Africa. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a local military source.
According to the source, unidentified armed men attacked a village in the western part of Niger, located on the border with Mali. It is noted that the militants have recently threatened local residents with reprisals if they did not support extremist groups.
Earlier it was reported that more than 100 civilians were killed in Ethiopia during the bloody massacre, which local militants staged in the Metekel zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz region in the west of the African country. As the Daily Mail notes, terrorists armed with firearms, knives, as well as bows and arrows, attacked the villagers of Bekoji early in the morning. The massacre of the civilian population continued until noon, and the attackers also set fire to houses and crops.
