Nigerien
service members react to contact during an exercise in Diffa,
Niger, March 3, 2017.
US
Army
Images that appeared on Twitter reportedly show a dead
US service member targeted in a deadly ambush in
Niger.
The Twitter account that posted the images said they
were obtained from an ISIS affiliate.
The US military is launching an investigation into the
images.
The US military is investigating a set of images that claim to
show a dead service member targeted in an October ambush that
killed four soldiers in Tongo Tongo, Niger.
The images, which surfaced on Twitter, were followed up with two
posts of the alleged incident that appeared to be composed from
video footage from a helmet camera, according to the Military Times.
The Twitter user who posted the images
claimed that he received the footage of the ambush from an
ISIS-affiliated group operating out of Mali, which borders Niger.
"The video shows one side of the attack, the American dead, some
photos were shot by an American soldier, but ISIS took them after
the photographer was killed," the Twitter user wrote, according
to the Military Times.
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a statement that it was
"reviewing the post and determining the veracity of the tweet and
the assertions that there is an associated video."
In addition to that inquiry, AFRICOM is currently investigating
the ambush that led to the deaths of 3rd Special Forces Group
soldiers — Staff Sgts. Bryan Black, Jeremiah Johnson, and Dustin
Wright; and Sgt. La David Johnson. The soldiers were reportedly
engaged in a joint mission with Nigerien forces when they were
attacked.
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