50 000 flee Boko Haram attacks in Niger
- Jun 7, 2016
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About 50 000 people have fled a town in Niger's troubled southeast after deadly attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
The attacks began Friday against a military post in Bosso in Niger's Diffa region, killing 26 soldiers including two from neighbouring Nigeria.
"An estimated 50 000 people or so fled," UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Adrian Edwards told reporters in Geneva.
A total of 55 insurgents from the Nigeria-based Islamist group were killed and "many" injured, according to authorities.
Edwards said most of those fleeing the violence walked westwards to Toumour, around 30km west of Bosso.
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