Tension as gunshots erupt near Niger Republic capital’s airport

There was pandemonium on Thursday morning erstwhile gunfire erupted astatine the airdrome successful Niger’s capital, Niamey, respective months aft a large jihadist onslaught astatine the facility.

The archetypal shooting, which reportedly took spot astatine 6:00 am, was said to person travel from the airport’s entranceway and continued 2 hours later.

DAILY POST recalls that successful January, Diori Hamani planetary airdrome successful the superior was targeted successful an unprecedented onslaught claimed by the Islamic State successful the Sahel, EIS, and repelled by Nigerien equipped forces and allied Russian fighters.

Before then, jihadist unit successful Niger had been contained to different parts of the country.

After the attack, thousands of illegally built homes were torn down successful a sprawling neighbourhood adjacent the airport, portion authorities said the territory had been infiltrated by jihadists to transportation retired the attack.

DAILY POST reports that Niger, a state successful West Africa’s Sahel region, has for a decennary battled unit by equipped groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.