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- Associated Press

DAKAR: An ambush by a "group of criminals" killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country's border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger's ruling military junta said.

An intervention unit was sent to the west of the country on Monday to catch criminals stealing cattle in Takzat, a village in western Niger, according to a military statement broadcast on Wednesday night.

"It was during the operation that a group of criminals ambushed the detachment of the internal security forces which resulted in the loss of 10 of our soldiers," it said. It did not specify who the criminals were.

The attackers managed to flee, but the military caught and neutralized 15 "terrorists" on Tuesday, the statement added.