PARIS (Reuters) – France’s counter-terrorism prosecutor said on Monday it had opened an investigation for murder after gunmen killed six French aid workers in a wildlife park in Niger on Sunday.

A French military source said that French and Nigerien soldiers searched a wildlife reserve in Niger and the surrounding area for traces of the gunmen who also killed a Nigerien guide and a local driver.

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