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Islamist assault on Niger army base over: government

By AFP
Niger Niger army soldiers patrol not far from Agadez, northern Niger, on September 24, 2010.  By Issouf Sanogo (AFP/File)
THU, 23 MAY 2013
Niger army soldiers patrol not far from Agadez, northern Niger, on September 24, 2010. By Issouf Sanogo (AFP/File)

NIAMEY (AFP) - The last member of an Islamist commando that killed 19 people in an assault on a Niger army base Thursday has been "neutralised", Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidjo said.

"Everybody has been subdued, the operation is over," the minister told AFP, adding that there had never been a hostage situation as earlier reported by the interior minister.

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