Last week's attack has renewed international concern about the security situation in Niger.
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A video has emerged showing Islamic State (IS) gunmen carrying out an attack on Niger's international airport, with the group reportedly moving freely on the tarmac last week, according to Reuters. The video was released by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist activity around the world.
The militants can be seen in the video moving freely between the passenger planes after the explosion.
The attack last week has renewed international concern about the security situation in Niger. Washington has ordered non-emergency government employees and their families to leave the West African country due to security risks.
It could also further strain regional relations. Niger's military leader, Abdoulaye Tiani, has accused the presidents of Benin and Ivory Coast, as well as France, of sponsoring the attack. He has not provided any evidence, however.
A Benin government spokesman has denied the accusations, while Ivory Coast has summoned Niger's ambassador to condemn Tiani's comments.
Gunfire and loud explosions echoed around the airport in the capital, Niamey, on Friday, after the West African branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. The airstrikes began late Wednesday night and subsided on Thursday morning.
A video released by the site on Sunday shows militants on foot and on motorbikes firing into the air near parked passenger planes and aircraft hangars. They detonated a drone and a helicopter, which were later seen burning.
Lad Serwat, senior Africa analyst at the US-based crisis-monitoring group ACLED, said the video showed "IS fighters speaking Kanuri, a language often spoken around the Lake Chad region."
Although ISSP fighters came from different regions, it is believed that this could indicate that more experienced drone operators from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) assisted in the attack.
Pan-African airline Eskai Airlines said two of its planes parked on the tarmac had sustained minor damage. Ivory Coast's national carrier, Air Côte d'Ivoire, said its Airbus A319 had been hit, damaging its metal outer structure and right wing.
Both companies said no passengers or crew were injured as the incident occurred outside operating hours.
Niger said 20 attackers, including a French national, had been killed and 11 others wounded. Islamic State did not give a figure.
Niger, like its Sahel neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso, is struggling to contain attacks by jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, which have killed thousands and displaced millions in the three countries.
