Islamists attack uranium mine, kill dozens
Islamist militants staged twin car bomb attacks on an army base in Agadez and French nuclear giant Areva’s uranium mine in northern Niger on Thursday.
Thursday, 23.05.2013.
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NIAMEY Islamist militants staged twin car bomb attacks on an army base in Agadez and French nuclear giant Areva’s uranium mine in northern Niger on Thursday. According to reports, dozens of people were killed in the blasts, including 18 soldiers. Islamists attack uranium mine, kill dozens The attackers are holding army recruits hostage at the Agadez base, the Niger’s authorities have released. Niger’s Interior Minister Abdou Labo said that 13 persons were injured and that six of them suffered serious injuries. Defense Minister Mahamadou Karidjo described the attackers as "redskins", in a reference to members of the country's Tuareg and Arab groups. Some 30 minutes after the first blast, a suicide bomber blew up an explosives-laden four-by-four at the Somair uranium mine some 250 kilometers north of Agadez, AFP has reported. “A man in military uniform driving a four-by-four packed with explosives mixed in with the Somair workers and blew up his vehicle in front of the power station at the uranium treatment facility," an employee told AFP. Company managers said the suicide bomber was killed in the explosion and that 13 workers were injured. The Nigerien government has accused jihadist Mujao group of carrying the attack, BBC has reported. Mujao (the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa) is a splinter group of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) which operates mostly in northern Mali. A file photo shows workers at the uranium mine of Arlit, northern Niger (Beta/AP/Areva) Tanjug
Islamists attack uranium mine, kill dozens
The attackers are holding army recruits hostage at the Agadez base, the Niger’s authorities have released.Niger’s Interior Minister Abdou Labo said that 13 persons were injured and that six of them suffered serious injuries.
Defense Minister Mahamadou Karidjo described the attackers as "redskins", in a reference to members of the country's Tuareg and Arab groups.
Some 30 minutes after the first blast, a suicide bomber blew up an explosives-laden four-by-four at the Somair uranium mine some 250 kilometers north of Agadez, AFP has reported.
“A man in military uniform driving a four-by-four packed with explosives mixed in with the Somair workers and blew up his vehicle in front of the power station at the uranium treatment facility," an employee told AFP.
Company managers said the suicide bomber was killed in the explosion and that 13 workers were injured.
The Nigerien government has accused jihadist Mujao group of carrying the attack, BBC has reported.
Mujao (the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa) is a splinter group of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) which operates mostly in northern Mali.
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