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The attacks began in the early morning of 17 September 2024 at around 05:00, [6] when gunmen attacked several locations across Bamako including the Banankabougou neighbourhood, [3] the Faladie military police school [7] housing elite units of the Malian gendarmerie [8] in the southeast of Bamako, and the nearby military airport, [3] which the JNIM claimed to have fully taken. [1]
Tombouctou. and Bamba attacks. On September 7, 2023, at least 154 civilians and fifteen Malian soldiers were killed when Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) militants simultaneously attacked a Malian military camp at Bamba and the civilian boat Tombouctou on the Niger River near the village of Banikane, Gourma-Rharous.
The Battle of Tinzaouaten was a battle between the rebel coalition Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad (CSP-DPA), and the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) backed by the Wagner Group, a Russian state-funded mercenary group. It took place in the outskirts of Tinzaouaten, a commune near the Algeria–Mali border.
The attack came on the 64th anniversary of the founding of Mali's gendarmerie, and came days after junta leader Assimi Goita had said his army had "considerably weakened armed terrorist groups ...
Dozens killed in Mali attack by Al Qaeda affiliate. September 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM. (Reuters) - An elaborate attack by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Mali's capital this week killed some 70 people ...
Katibat Macina. Casualties and losses. 15 soldiers killed. 20 soldiers injured. 11 jihadists killed. 6 civilians killed. On April 24, 2022, militants from Katibat Macina attacked Malian Army bases in the cities of Sévaré, Niono, and Bapho, all in central Mali's Mopti Region. The attacks killed fifteen soldiers and six civilians.
Background. Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) was formed in early 2017 as a coalition of five jihadist groups that rebelled against the Malian government in 2012. [1] The attack in Dogofry was the first notable attack of JNIM in western Mali, following earlier attacks in Boulikessi and Gourma-Rharous in the east. [2]
Islamist insurgents are suspected to be behind the attack and reinforcements were sent to the area from the town of Konna. [6] 13 October 2020 Mopti Region 25 Jihadist militants kill 25 people, including 13 soldiers, in multiple attacks across central Mali. A military camp near Bandiagara is looted and burned down by the militants. [7]