Nigeria, Jan. 30 -- At least six young cattle traders from the Kel Tamerkest community in Niger's Maradi Region were reportedly killed by Burkinabe security forces near the Niger-Burkina Faso border.

The victims, identified as Hamed Ousmane Rhissa, Ghadou Ag Ouka, Ahmadou Ag Issa, Mossa, Abdoulaye, Ibrahim Ag Alhadi, and Bahas Ag Hama, were well-known traders regularly traveling between the two countries for work.

The incident took place near Seytanga, within Burkina Faso's Dori administrative area.

According to Elhadji Hama Haroune, the head of the Kel Tamerkest Group, the Burkinabe Forces de Defense et de Securite (FDS) carried out the killings while escorting a convoy of buses along the Ouagadougou-Niger border route. The traders we...