'Terrorist attack' kills 15 soldiers in Niger: army

Fifteen soldiers were killed and 19 wounded in a attack by "terrorist elements" in western Niger, authorities said today.
"A Niger army patrol was attacked by terrorist elements at 1500 GMT north of Tilwa (on Wednesday). We have 15 dead and 19 wounded in our ranks," said Colonel Toure Seydou Albdoula Aziz, the army spokesman.