Eight people, including six French and two Nigerians, were killed on Sunday by armed men on a motorcycle in the area of Kouré.
Eight people, including six French and two Nigerians were killed on Sunday by armed men came in motorcycles in the area of Kouré in Niger, which is home to the last herds of giraffes in west Africa, according to an official source. Paris has confirmed its share of the French victims, without specifying their number. The French president Emmanuel Macron has also talked by phone with his counterpart of niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, said the Elysée.
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“there are eight dead : two Nigerians including a guide (tourism) and a driver, the other six are French,” said the governor of Tillaberi, Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella. “We are in the process of managing the situation, we will give more information after,” said the governor, who has not given details on the circumstances of the attack, nor the identity of the attackers.
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“The attack took place around 11: 30 to 6 km to the east of the town of Kouré,” which is about an hour away from Niamey on the national road number 1, said, on his side, a source close to the services of the environment.
“most of The victims were shot by bullets and a woman who has managed to escape, has been caught up and its throat cut. On the spot, we found a charger that is emptied of its cartridges,” noted this source. “We do not know the identity of the attackers but they came on motorcycles through the bush and waited for the arrival of tourists. The vehicle borrowed by the tourists belongs to the non-governmental”.
An unstable region
This is the first attack that targeted western tourists in this area, since it became a tourist attraction there are a couple of years, when a small herd of giraffes peralta, a species that has disappeared from the rest of the planet, fleeing poachers and predators, had found a haven of peace.
The region of Tillaberi is a large unstable area. It is located in the area of the “three borders” between Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, have become a den of jihadists in the sahel, including the islamic State, the Grand Sahara (SAES). The movement of motorcycles is prohibited in night and day since January to try to prevent the travel of jihadists.
