Terror Attack In Niger Kills Six French Aid Workers

Al Jazeera: Gunmen kill 8 in Niger, including six French aid workers

No claim of responsibility for attack that also killed a Nigerien guide and driver in wildlife park near town of Koure.

Gunmen have killed six French aid workers, a Nigerien guide and a driver in a wildlife park in Niger, according to officials in the West African country.

The group was attacked on Sunday in a giraffe reserve near Koure, a town about 65km (40 miles) from the capital, Niamey. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

"They were intercepted and killed," Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella, the governor of Tillaberi region, told Reuters news agency.

The six worked for an international aid group, Niger's Defence Minister Issoufou Katambe told Reuters. ACTED, an aid group, confirmed its staff members were targeted in the attack.

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