They launched a fierce counterattack against Boko Haram terrorists that attacked the border town on June 3, 2016.

Niger’s government forces are now in total control of all their positions in the south-eastern town of Bosso located on the border with Nigeria after Boko Haram fighters raided the town on Friday, June 3. In the attack, the terrorist fighters killed 30 Nigerien troops, two soldiers from neighbouring Nigeria and wounded at least 67 soldiers, BBC reported citing Niger’s Defence Ministry as having said on June 4.

ABC News reported the Defence Ministry statement which indicated that the military launched a counterattack the following day using air and land forces, pushing the militants out of Bosso and inflicting heavy casualties. The counter-attack on Saturday morning allowed government troops to retake all positions in Bosso.

Boko Haram reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, saying 35 soldiers were killed, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi online postings. BBC quoted the Defence Ministry statement of disclosing that, "hundreds of assailants" attacked a military post in the south-eastern town of Bosso, on the Nigerian border, on Friday night. The Boko Haram militants,  “burned houses, looted food stores and shops, and burned the military post before fleeing with weapons and ammunition," ABC News quoted Adam Boukarna, a deputy in Bosso as having said.

Residents reportedly left Bosso during the attacks and headed to Toumour, about 30 kilometers to the west.Boko Haram insurgencies have been frequent in the south-eastern part of Niger, especially in the border localities of Bosso and Diffa. The Chinese government news agency, XINHUA reported that on Wednesday, June 1, Boko Haram militants attacked Yebi in Diffa and killed nine civilians. The militants also killed six people in another attack in the area two weeks ago. BBC reported that last March, six soldiers from Niger’s army were killed in a Boko Haram ambush in the area.