3 US Troops Killed in Ambush in Niger
By Barbara Starr, Ryan Browne and Brad Lendon, CNN Updated 5:33 AM ET, Thu October 5, 2017
Military • October 2017 • Views: 1,856
(CNN)Three members of the US Special Operations Forces were killed and two others were wounded in southwest Niger near the Mali-Niger border when a joint US-Nigerien patrol was attacked Wednesday, two administration officials told CNN.
The administration officials added that the two wounded US troops had been evacuated to the capital, Niamey, and would soon be moved to Germany. They were described by the officials as being in a “stable condition.”