iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — U.S. Africa Command has launched a formal investigation into the circumstances surrounding an ambush in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers and wounded two others.
Until today, the command had been conducting an informal review to gather facts about the Oct. 4 ambush, but two weeks later, the details of the deadly incident remain unclear.
U.S. Africa Command’s Gen. Thomas Waldhauser has assigned a general officer to head up the investigation.
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