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Terrorists kill 22 after baptism in Niger
September 19, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Gunmen shot and killed 22 people who had been attending a Baptism in a village in western Niger on September 19, the BBC reports.
Details of the attack are unclear. The terrorists arrived on motorcycles, at a village in the Tillaberi region of Niger, which borders Mali and Burkina Faso. All three countries have been besieged by Islamic jihadists.
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