French, Nigerien soldiers hunt for gunmen who killed aid workers
FRENCH and Nigerien soldiers have combed a wildlife reserve in Niger and the surrounding area for traces of the gunmen who killed six French aid workers a day earlier, a French military source said. The unidentified gunmen, who rode on motorbikes, attacked the group who worked for the humanitarian charity ACTED in a giraffe reserve just 65 km from the capital Niamey. A Nigerien guide and a local driver employed by ACTED were also killed. ACTED said in a statement the group had been "senselessly and cowardly murdered by armed individuals". No one has claimed responsibility for the assault. But…
