{"id":12558,"date":"2024-07-04T16:25:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=12558"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:25:17","slug":"niger-army-kills-over-100-terrorists-following-deadly-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/terrorism\/niger-army-kills-over-100-terrorists-following-deadly-attack\/2024\/07\/04\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Army kills over 100 &#8216;Terrorists&#8217; following deadly attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Niger&#8217;s army has struck back against a coalition of armed groups responsible for killing 20 troops and one civilian in the Tera region on July 25<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"Article-Item Article-Item-text\">\n<div class=\"Article Article-Paragraph\">\n<div class=\"Paragraph\">\n<p>NIGER,Nigeria July 4 &#8212; Niger&#8217;s army has said it had killed more than 100 &#8220;terrorists&#8221; during air and ground operations in response to a deadly attack against soldiers near the Burkina Faso border.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-Item Article-Item-text\">\n<div class=\"Article Article-Paragraph\">\n<div class=\"Paragraph\">\n<p>A coalition of armed groups killed 20 troops and one civilian in the region of Tera in militant-plagued western Niger on June 25, the army said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-Item Article-Item-text\">\n<div class=\"Article Article-Paragraph\">\n<div class=\"Paragraph\">\n<p>&#8220;More than 100 terrorists have been killed since,&#8221; the army said in its latest bulletin on Thursday, adding its operations were ongoing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Article-Item Article-Item-text\">\n<div class=\"Article Article-Paragraph\">\n<div class=\"Paragraph\">\n<p>The army had said in its previous bulletin that it had killed around 30 &#8220;terrorists&#8221; in the region the day after the Tera attack and had &#8220;destroyed their means of war&#8221; 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