Witnesses said that late Saturday youths set up roadblocks and burned tyres in the streets of Niger’s third largest city
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“The incident occurred outside a weapons range, so it is possible that non-hostile factors were the cause of the damage,
“These terrorists intended to perpetrate attacks in the city of Niamey or its environs,” the government said.
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The military patrol was ambushed on Tuesday near the village of Tongo Tongo.
Four American and five Niger soldiers were killed in a 2017 jihadist attack in same region.
Niger held three days of national mourning from Wednesday to Friday in memory of the victims.
About 40 people were reported injured, most of them in a very serious condition in hospital with severe burns.
Niger has been trying to stamp out fuel smuggling from neighbouring Nigeria.