In this file picture, a soldier inspects a damaged armoured carrier during a visit by Niger's Interior minister of the military camp in Bosso, Niger where Boko Haram had attacked a military post, killing 26 soldiers.Niger said Wednesday it had killed 33 Boko Haram"terrorists" and seized vehicles and weapons in an operation in the Lake Chad region in the country's southeast.
"Offensive actions carried out on Tuesday inflicted heavy losses on the enemy," a defence ministry statement read on state television said.An"armoured vehicle" was destroyed, while two other vehicles, two motorcycles, a 120-millimetre mortar, 10 AK-47 assault rifles, two 60mm shells and 3,736 rounds of all calibres were seized, it said.