No group has claimed responsibility for the assault. The attack was repulsed, but 11 soldiers were killed and nine are missing. The heavily armed attackers approached in a convoy of cars and motorbikes on Thursday afternoon, clashing with soldiers stationed outside the village of Dagne near the border with Mali, it said in a statement. NIAMEY, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed 11 soldiers defending a village in a remote part of southwest Niger where Islamist militants operate, the defence ministry said on Friday.
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