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Wednesday 02 Dec 2015 - 13:00 Makkah mean time-20-2-1437
Niamey, Niger (IINA) - At least 31 people were killed in separate attacks by Boko Haram militants in the villages of Niger and Cameroon.
Eight people were killed on Tuesday in an attack on a village in the southeast of Niger, Reuters reported citing a local radio station. A regional official told the state television that Boko Haram militants, armed with Kalashnikovs, launched a separate attack on another village in the same region and killed four people while injuring two others. He also said that about 50 villagers' homes were set ablaze in the attack.
"We have noted four deaths, and two other wounded people were evacuated to the hospital in Diffa," Fougou Boukar, an official for the region, said.
Boko Haram militants have also killed at least five people in a village in northern Cameroon and 18 in another village of Niger's Diffa region.
It is noteworthy that Niger declared a state of emergency in its southern region in October, but attackers often flee across the River Komadougou into Nigeria.
AG/IINA
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