US officials: 4th US soldier dead after attack in Niger
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After an extensive search, a US soldier who had been missing for nearly two days in Niger has been found dead, a result of a deadly ambush by dozens of Islamic extremists on a joint patrol of American and Niger forces, US officials said Friday.
The soldier, whose name has not been released, was one of four US troops and four Niger forces killed in the attack.
His body was found by Niger forces on Friday near where the ambush occurred, and then transferred into US custody at a safer location further from the attack site. US officials said his body was moved onto an American helicopter by US forces in a somber ceremony and then taken away for formal identification.
Eight Niger soldiers and two US troops were wounded in the attack, but they were evacuated from the area on Wednesday after the attack unfolded.
