Libya denies Niger attacks launched from its territory


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 May 2013

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Libya dismissed on Monday Niger's assertion that the Islamist insurgents who attacked an army base and a uranium mine there last week had come its desert south, an area many countries fear has become a safe haven for militants.

Thursday's attacks killed 24 soldiers and one civilian and damaged machinery at an Areva mine that supplies uranium to France's nuclear power programme. Militants said the raids were retaliation for Niger's role in the French-led war on Islamists in Mali.

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