Gunmen on motorbikes raid Niger village, kill 14

Victims of the attack near the Mali border included nine people working in the fields, according to interior ministry.

Armed men on motorbikes have killed at least 14 civilians in an attack in western Niger, near the restive border with Mali, the government said. The attack happened on Sunday at approximately 3pm (14:00 GMT), when the unidentified assailants arrived at the village of Wiye in the Banibangou district, about 50km (30 miles) from the border with Mali. They “targeted civilians, killing 14, including nine working in fields”, the interior ministry said in a statement read on national television on Monday.