{"id":13649,"date":"2016-10-17T11:20:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T11:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=13649"},"modified":"2016-10-17T11:20:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T11:20:50","slug":"niger-repels-attack-on-prison-holding-jihadis-from-mali-and-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/niger-repels-attack-on-prison-holding-jihadis-from-mali-and-nigeria.html","title":{"rendered":"NIGER REPELS ATTACK ON PRISON HOLDING JIHADIS FROM MALI AND NIGERIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">NIGER REPELS ATTACK ON PRISON HOLDING JIHADIS FROM MALI AND NIGERIA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>NIGER REPELS ATTACK ON PRISON HOLDING JIHADIS FROM MALI AND NIGERIA:-<\/strong> Security forces in Niger have repelled an attack on a high-security prison where jihadi leaders from neighboring Nigeria and Mali are detained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Gunmen launched an assault on the prison in Koutou Kale, around 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the capital Niamey, Monday morning. The attackers reportedly approached from the southern Mali border, according to French news outlet RFI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The prison is thought to house militant leaders from Boko Haram in Nigeria and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which regularly launches attacks in neighboring Mali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-13651\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NIGER-REPELS-ATTACK-ON-PRISON-HOLDING-JIHADIS-FROM-MALI-AND-NIGERI.jpg\" alt=\"Niger Repels Attack On Prison Holding Jihadis From Mali And Nigeri\" width=\"854\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NIGER-REPELS-ATTACK-ON-PRISON-HOLDING-JIHADIS-FROM-MALI-AND-NIGERI.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NIGER-REPELS-ATTACK-ON-PRISON-HOLDING-JIHADIS-FROM-MALI-AND-NIGERI-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NIGER-REPELS-ATTACK-ON-PRISON-HOLDING-JIHADIS-FROM-MALI-AND-NIGERI-768x326.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Forces from Niger\u2019s National Guard killed at least one attacker, who was unable to trigger an explosives belt. Nigerien government spokesman Marou Amadou told the BBC that the security forces were hunting for the rest of the attackers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Amadou added that the Mali-based Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa\u2014known as MUJWA or MUJAO\u2014had carried out the attack. MUJWA was involved in the 2012 northern Mali uprising, when it seized control of the city of Gao alongside another Islamist militant group, Ansar Dine. A French counter-military operation in 2013 returned northern Mali to government control, though militant groups continue to launch sporadic attacks in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Boko Haram, a Nigerian militant group, has launched incursions into Niger in recent years, particularly in the southeast region of Diffa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/niger-repels-attack-prison-holding-jihadis-mali-and-nigeria-510618<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/niger-repels-attack-on-prison-holding-jihadis-from-mali-and-nigeria.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIGER REPELS ATTACK ON PRISON HOLDING JIHADIS FROM MALI AND NIGERIA NIGER REPELS ATTACK ON PRISON HOLDING JIHADIS FROM MALI AND NIGERIA:- Security forces in Niger have repelled an attack on a high-security prison where jihadi leaders from neighboring Nigeria and Mali are detained. 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