File Photo: Niger security forces. AFP
Thirty-seven civilians were killed in a western Niger region that has been battered by jihadist incursions from neighbouring Mali, local sources said Tuesday.
"Armed men who arrived on motorbikes" attacked the village of Darey-Daye in the Tillaberi region on Monday afternoon as people were working in the fields, a local official said, adding: "The toll is very high -- there were 37 dead, including four women and 13 children."
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