Six killed in attack on Niger military post: security source

Six members of the Niger security forces were killed when heavily-armed attackers ambushed a military position near the border with Mali, a security source said today.
"There are six dead in this terror attack," she told AFP, indicating that the assault, which took place in the southwestern town of Abala, was carried out on last evening by "heavily-armed men" who arrived in 14 all-terrain vehicles.