Toumour is a village and rural commune in

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesNiger–Nigeria border The Niger–Nigeria border is in length and runs from the tripoint with Benin in the west to the tripoint with Chad in the east. Description The border starts in the west at Beninese tripoint in the Niger river, then proceeds overland in a north ...

. As of 2011, the commune had a total population of 1336 people. On September 4, 2016, clashes near the village killed at least 30

Boko Haram Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ba ...

militants and five

soldiers A soldier is a person who is a member of an army. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer. Etymology The word ''soldier'' derives from the Middle English word , from Old French ...

. The armed forces said Boko Haram attacked their military post on March 15, 2020, which they responded to by repelling the attack, killing 50

insurgent An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion against authority waged by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare from primarily rural base areas. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irregu ...

s. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the December 12, 2020

massacre A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...

of 27 people in Toumour. About 60% of the village was burned, and more killings before Christmas were threatened. The terrorists are said to have crossed Lake Chad by swimming.

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Communes of Niger Diffa Region {{Niger-geo-stub