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Niamey residents describe horrific gunfire erupting near airport

Residents of Niger’s capital, Niamey, reported hours of heavy overnight gunfire near the city’s international airport, fuelling fears of a possible jihadist attack.

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00:00The head of Niger's military junta on Thursday accused France beneath
00:05the main and ivory cost of being behind an assault on a military base at near
00:10Miss International Airport and further thanked soldiers and Russian partners
00:15for repelling the attack. Suspected jihadists launched an attack shortly after midnight.
00:20with local residents reporting shooting and explosions until calm was restored.
00:25about an hour later. Everyone was perplexed.
00:30At first we thought it was just firecrackers or an electrical failure.
00:35But afterwards we were surprised and realized that this was not the case,
00:38that it was really a terrorist.
00:40attack. We were very scared.
00:45the children around me, each with the prayers, beads, and we prayed all night for us.
00:50for every Nigerian to pray for peace to return to the country.
00:55The Nigerian's defense ministry said four military personnel
01:00were injured and 20 attackers were killed with state television saying that a French
01:05national was among them.
01:0711 people were also arrested according to the state
01:10to the state government.
01:11The Nigerian, which has regularly been hit by jihadist violence, has been
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