As a result of the attack on the position of the army in the west Niger in the area of Inates, near the border with Mali, occurred the death of 71 of their soldiers, 12 others were wounded, and some is even missing. Assailants arrived on the scene in small groups to about 10 people on bikes. On the positions of the army were firing with mortars, with the largest number of victims has to go right to debit the mortar fire and the secondary explosions of fuel or possibly ammo. The base was under attack already 1. July 2019, when it fell 18 soldiers. That's when the attack volunteered for the IS.
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