International medical agencyMedecins San Frontieres (MSF) has disclosed details of a Boko Haram attack that destroyed one of its health centres in Niger’s south-eastern Diffa province.
It said that six people were killed and eight more severely injured when the militants – usually based over the border in Nigeria – attacked the village of Yebi in Bosso district last Thursday, reports the BBC.
The market and many houses were burned down and Yebi was now without a supply of water, the medical charity said.
The health post had served a population of around 20,000 people and registered an average of 400 consultations per week, MSF said.
No other health facilities were available in the area and it was not the first time its medical facilities had been attacked in Diffa – one in Ngarwa had been looted on May 2, it added.
