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Fid Thompson | Dakar 29 December 2009


Authorities in Niger say three suspects were detained shortly after an attack Monday that killed three Saudi tourists and wounded three others. Officials said the attack happened near the western town of Djambala, northwest of the capital, Niamey, and near Niger's border with Mali.


Three Saudi travelers have been killed and another three seriously injured in an attack by unidentified assailants in northern Niger Monday.


The group of eight, including two Malian nationals, was traveling to Mali when they were attacked near the village of Djambala. Tuareg rebel groups and militants 1 associated with al-Qaida are reportedly operating in this area.


In a statement on national radio, Niger's Transport Minister Kassoum Moussa, condemned 2 the attack and offered its condolences to the Saudi Arabian government.


The wounded travelers were taken to the hospital in the capital, Niamey.


In January, Edwin Dyer and three other Europeans were captured as they drove in a convoy 3 through the West African desert from Mali's nomadic 4 culture festival towards Niger's border. The Algerian group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb killed Dyer after a second deadline passed on their demands for the release of a Jordanian held in Britain on terrorism charges.


A year ago al-Qaida operatives in Niger took a Canadian diplomat 5 and two others hostage before releasing them several months later.


The group has since admitted to kidnapping two Italians in Mauritania earlier this month.


No group has claimed responsibility for the Niger attacks.

 



1 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
2 condemned
vt.护送,护卫,护航;n.护送;护送队
  • The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
  • Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
3 nomadic
adj.流浪的;游牧的
  • This tribe still live a nomadic life.这个民族仍然过着游牧生活。
  • The plowing culture and the nomadic culture are two traditional principal cultures in China.农耕文化与游牧文化是我国传统的两大主体文化。
4 diplomat
n.外交官,外交家;能交际的人,圆滑的人
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
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