Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, Shot dead at Niamey airport yesterday
Military sources in Niamey have said Niger's president, Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, who was killed yesterday, was shot dead by members of his own presidential guard.
The rebel soldiers who assassinated the President are reported to be now in control of the country. Although no further violence has been reported, heavily heavily armed troops are said to have been posted at sensitive locations.
In a broadcast, Niger's prime minister said the President had died in what he described as "an unfortunate accident". He gave no details, but it is believed that his personal guard shot the President after he had tried to sack his chief of military staff.
