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Namibia: Jihadists ‘summarily executed’ 127 people in Niger, says rights group – News

Namibia: Jihadists ‘summarily executed’ 127 people in Niger, says rights group – News

Africa Links 24 with Wycliffe Muia
Published on 2025-09-11 06:22:23

Nearly 130 people have been “summarily executed” by Islamist insurgents in Niger in separate attacks since March, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.

The rights group says gunmen carried out a series of brutal attacks, including a mass murder at a mosque in the western Tillabéri region in June, where more than 70 worshippers were shot dead during prayers.

“There were bodies everywhere, one on top of the other,” a local woman, who lost three of her sons in the attack,…

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