FILE PHOTO: Men rest on the banks of the Niger River in Niamey, Niger, February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Penney
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Gunmen on motorcycles killed six French aid workers, a Nigerien guide and a driver in a wildlife park in Niger on Sunday, officials said.
The group was attacked in a giraffe reserve just 65 km (40 miles) from the West African country's capital Niamey, the governor of Tillaberi region, Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella, told Reuters. "They were intercepted and killed," he said.
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