Koure: Eight people, including six French nationals, have been killed in an attack in Niger’s southern region of Koure, according to reports citing local sources.
“There are eight dead: two Nigeriens including a guide and a driver, while the other six are French,” Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella, the governor of the southwest Tillaberi Region on Sunday.
“We are managing the situation, we will give more information later,” the governor said, without indicating who was behind the attack.
A source close to the environmental services said the assault took place around 11:30am (10:30 GMT) six kilometres (four miles) east of the town of Koure, in an area where the last herd of the so-called West African giraffes is found and about an hour’s drive from the capital, Niamey.
A spokesperson for France’s foreign ministry said it was making checks after the reports over the killing of the six French nationals.
