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3 tourists killed in mine accident in Niger
Three tourists were killed in North Niger, not far from the Algerien border by a Land Mine.
http://www.sahara.it/cgi-bin/ubb/ult...&f=22&t=000013 |
Sorry for the poor translation, but <non capisco italiano>:
ROME, 4 GEN - Three Italians are died and a quarter is remained hurt in the north of the Niger, one isolated zone in i pressed of the border with l?Algeria. The cross-country vehicle on which they travelled, second the information supplied from the Farnesina, is jumped in air when antitank mine is passed over one. The victims are Ettore Pagani, Maddalena Maria Wedge and Alexander Carones. A quarter person, Piero Ravà, is remained nell?incidente wound and has been transported in the inhabited center more neighbor, Dirkou. Its conditions would not be serious. The four made part of a group of 12-13 persons who it travelled on more motor vehicles. Based on the information collections up to now, it has not been possible to clear if the group same completing an organized travel or it had prepared shipment in order just account. Competent L?ambasciata d?Italia, that one of Abidjan in Coast d?Avorio, has been endured activated, also through the consul honorarium to Niamey, the understood one them, in order to recover the bodies of victims and the rest of the group and to organize some rimpatrio |
It appears the mine was a short distance north of Djado/Orida, not really the Alg border (which would be worrying...). The Tubu rebels who used to occupy this area until recently were said to have mined it at a couple of years ago, although not with anti tank mines...
Piero Rave is the boss of Spazi D'Aventura.. the best known of the Italian Saharan agencies |
AFAIK an anti-personnel mine wouldn't flip a vehicle or kill three - it must have been a vehicle mine at the very least - not sure if they use anti-tank mines...
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News is it was anti anti tank - the area was demined after the battle was over 18 months ago but I guess they missed one.
Ch |
This is not good. My friend Jan is in that area right now, with 2 4X4’s and I believe an Italian couple. He’s with his Dutch girlfriend. Does anyone know where I can find some more info on this? I searched CNN, BBC and some French on-line papers, but I can’t find a thing about it. Anyone know when this exactly happened? Any more precise locations? Maybe a lat/lon approximately?
------------------ Kevin http://www.nohorizons.net |
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