Gunmen have killed a famous Nigerien car dealer and owner of Nigérienne de l’automobile.
Alhadji Habiboullah Matani was on his way to the funeral of his deceased mother on Saturday when he was attacked by the gunmen between Sanam and Bagaroua in Tillaberi region.
The Tillabéri region is regularly hit by armed groups linked to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State. Reports say since the beginning of the year in Niger, more than 300 people have been killed in three series of attacks on villages and camps in the west of the country.
On March 21 in the Tahoua region, killing 141 people in a matter of hours in three Tuareg villages and surrounding camps, according to the Nigerien Ministry of the Interior.
The vast desert region of Tahoua lies to the east of Tillabéri, both near the border with Mali.
