Boko Haram kills at least 30 in attacks on Niger villages: sources

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Source: Reuters

Boko Haram militants attacked two villages in southern Niger's Diffa region overnight, killing at least 30 civilians, two security sources said on Thursday.

It was the second major cross-border attack by the Nigerian Islamist group this week, following twin suicide bombings in Chad's capital on Monday that killed at least 34 people.

The attackers drove into the villages in the Gueskerou area with cars and motorbikes and shot residents before setting fire to the mostly straw thatched houses where others were hiding, the sources said.

"In all, at least 30 were killed. Some of them died when the houses were set alight," said one of the security officials. The source said he expected the death toll to rise because a number of survivors had serious burns.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/18/us-nigeria-violence-niger-idUSKBN0OY1N320150618

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1. Its always civilians. When they are up against troops, they get beat.

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2. There will always be terrorists.

I am having trouble coming to terms with it, but I think it's a global reality. There will always be people who think that the things they desire can be accomplished by killing others.

And there's very little we can do about it except to try to clean up the mess when the dust clears. When we try to snuff them out here, they pop up over there. It's like trying to exterminate roaches.