IED

IED event in Diffa, Bosso area, Niger on Sun 16th October 2022

16th October 2022

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wo people were killed in southeastern Niger on Sunday by a road bomb which exploded as they were passing with donkeys, local sources told AFP.“Two women were killed and a child was seriously wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated as their donkeys passed near Bosso,” in the Diffa region, near Nigeria, a local resident said.Bosso, on the shores of Lake Chad, is an area subject to frequent jihadist attacks, including by notorious Boko Haram and its rival, the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) group.

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