VOA: US Military Confirms Death of 3 Soldiers in Niger
The U.S. military has confirmed three U.S. service members were killed and two others injured when a joint U.S.-Niger military patrol was attacked Wednesday in southwestern Niger.
The statement from the U.S. Africa Command says one soldier from a "partner nation" was also killed, without identifying the nationality of the victim.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack on the patrol, which AFRICOM said took place about 200 kilometers north of Niger's capital, Niamey, not far from the Niger-Mali border.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 5, 2017
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