13 soldiers killed, 47 seized by rebels
Rebels attacked an army base in Niger, killing 13 soldiers, wounding 30 and taking at least 47 prisoners, officials said.
A statement read on national TV by government spokesman Mohammed ben Omar said a group of heavily armed men attacked security forces early in the day in a remote Saharan outpost not far from Libya.
In a radio address, Aghali Alambo, commander of the Niger Movement for Justice, said his ethnic Tuareg group was responsible for the attack, which he said was in revenge for being called “bandits and drug traffickers.”
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