Heavy security deployed at airport in Niger capital after overnight explosions

Source says two aircraft on ground in Niamey ‘destroyed’ by gunfire although authorities yet to comment on situation Heavy security has been deployed around the main airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, after overnight gunfire and explosions. The shooting and detonations began shortly after midnight on Wednesday, according to residents of a neighbourhood near the airport, which is next to Base Aérienne 101, a military base previously used by US and then Russian troops .

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