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On October 3, 2014, nine Nigerien peacekeepers were killed in an ambush by al-Mourabitoun in Indelimane, Mali.
| 2014 Indelimane ambush | |||||||
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On October 3, 2014, nine Nigerien peacekeepers were killed in an ambush by al-Mourabitoun in Indelimane, Mali.
MINUSMA was deployed in the wake of the Mali War as a United Nations peacekeeping force. Nigerien forces were deployed to Mali as part of this peacekeeping force. [1]
On the morning of the attack, a MINUSMA convoy was carrying out a supply mission between Ansongo and Ménaka. When the convoy arrived near the village of Indelimane, the peacekeepers were ambushed by two jihadists on motorcycles armed with RPG-7s. The rockets destroyed two vehicles and a tank, and the attackers left shortly afterward. [1]
Nigerien authorities reported that MOJWA was behind the attack. MOJWA had merged in August 2013 with Blood Signatories to form Al-Mourabitoun. [2] [3] The Nigerien government stated in a press release on the evening of October 3 that nine peacekeepers were killed during the attack. The ambush was the deadliest attack against MINUSMA since the start of its deployment one year earlier. [3] [1] A funeral took place for the victims in Bamako on October 7. [4]
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