### [2021-08-16](/feed/2021/08/16/index.md)

##### Insurgency in the Maghreb
# Gunmen on motorbikes storm the village of Darey-Daye, Niger, as they were tending their fields, killing 37 civilians, including fourteen children. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/18/niger-declares-national-mourning-after-37-killed)

### Changes:

1. Gunmen on motorbikes storm the village of Darey-Daye, Niger, as they were tending their fields, killing 37 civilians.  _2021-08-21 15:06:12 (First version)_
1. Gunmen on motorbikes storm the village of Darey-Daye, Niger, as they were tending their fields, killing 37 civilians, including fourteen children.  _(Current version)_

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