At least 16 soldiers died in Boko Haram attack in Niger

APD NEWS

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At least 16 soldiers were killed and nine others injured after hundreds of Boko Haram fighters attacked a military post in southeast Niger, the country's defense ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

About 50 attackers from the group were killed in the resulting combat in the country's Diffa region and significant quantities of weapons were recovered, the ministry added.

(CGTN)