| Sokolo attack | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Mali War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Mali |  Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hanoura Sangare † | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 80 | ~100 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 20 killed 5 wounded 3 captured (per JNIM) | 3 killed (per JNIM) 4 killed (per Mali | ||||||
| 53 civilians killed in post-attack killings | |||||||
On January 26, 2020, jihadists from the al-Qaeda linked Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) attacked a Malian military base at Sokolo, killing over 20 Malian soldiers.
At around 5 am, around a hundred JNIM fighters stormed the camp at Sokolo, which was being held by about eighty Malian soldiers. [1] [2] JNIM attacked from the north, south, and east, causing many of the stationed soldiers to flee into the town of Sokolo. [3] [4] Fighting ended around 7 am, at which point the jihadists began to destroy nearly everything in the base. [1] [2] The fighters retreated after burning the base to the ground, and around this time Malian reinforcements from Diabaly arrived. [5] [3]
The Malian government stated on the evening of January 26 that 20 Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded. [6] The government also claimed four jihadists were killed in the attack, although JNIM only alleges three were killed. [7] [8] In a statement, JNIM claimed to have captured 3 Malian soldiers, which could not be independently verified. [6] In the following days, it was reported that the captain at the military base, Harouna Sangare, was killed during the fighting. [9] 60 of the Malian troops, mainly those who fled, survived the attack. [10]
The UN reported that 53 civilians were killed by Malian troops in Sokolo around January 27, sparking a rise in extrajudicial killings by the Malian army. [11]
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