List of terrorist attacks in Mali explained

Mali attacks
Partof:Mali War
Location:Mali
Date:2020 - present
Type:Shooting
Fatalities:181 (+20)
Injuries:56

This article lists attacks that have occurred in Mali since 2020.

The attacks left at least 181 people dead and another 56 were injured. At least 20 attackers were also killed in this attacks.

Timeline of attacks

2020

DateLocationDeathsInjuriesDetails
7 April 2020Bamba, Gao Region256Gunmen on motorbikes attacked a military base in Bamba, Gao Region, Mali, killing at least 25 soldiers and another 6 were injured.[1]
24 April 2020Mopti Region12At least 12 people were killed in multiple attacks in several locations.[2]
6 June 2020Mopti Region26At least 26 people were killed by unknown assailants in Binedama village.[3]
2 July 2020Mopti Region32Gunmen on motorbikes attack an ethnic Dogon village in Mopti Region, killing 32 villagers, according to local authorities. [4]
3 July 2020Mopti Region92The Malian Armed Forces says nine troops were killed and two wounded in an ambush by suspected jihadists in Mopti Region. [5]
27 August 2020Mopti Region412Four Malian soldiers are killed and 12 wounded when their anti-poaching convoy is ambushed in the volatile region of Mopti. Islamist insurgents are suspected to be behind the attack and reinforcements were sent to the area from the town of Konna.[6]
13 October 2020Mopti Region25Jihadist 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]

2021

DateLocationDeathsInjuriesDetail
24 January 2021Mopti Region618Six Malian troops are killed and 18 others are injured in simultaneous jihadist attacks in the central Mopti Region. The military say around 30 militants were also killed in the clashes.[8]
3 February 2021Mopti Region9 (+20)4Nine soldiers are killed and six others are wounded during an ambush near the village of Boni, Mopti Region. 20 attackers were are also killed in the attack.[9]
17 March 2021Gao Region3314At least 33 soldiers are killed and 14 others are wounded in an attack on a military post in Gao.[10]
3 December 2021Mopti region31Thirty-one civilians are killed on a bus near Bankass.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gunmen kills 25 people in Mali. Al Jazeera English. 6 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Suspected Fulani attack kills at least a dozen in central Mali. April 23, 2020. France 24.
  3. Web site: Twenty-six killed, village torched in central Mali attack. Al Jazeera English.
  4. Web site: Attackers on motorbikes kill 32 Malian villagers, local officials say. July 2, 2020. Reuters.
  5. Web site: Nine Mali soldiers killed in ambush: Army. Al Jazeera English.
  6. Web site: Militants kill four Malian soldiers in ambush. August 27, 2020. Reuters.
  7. Web site: Suspected jihadists kill 25 in central Mali attacks. Reuters. 13 October 2020. 13 October 2020.
  8. Web site: Six Malian soldiers killed in 'complex and simultaneous' attacks. Al Jazeera English. 24 January 2021. 24 January 2021.
  9. Web site: At least 9 soldiers killed in latest central Mali attack. Al Jazeera English. 3 February 2021. 3 February 2021.
  10. Web site: Attackers on trucks and motorbikes raid Mali base, kill 33 troops. Al Jazeera English. 17 March 2021. 17 March 2021.

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