2024 Bamako attacks

2024 Bamako attacks
Part of Mali War

Modibo Keita International Airport in 2023
Date17 September 2024
Location
Faladie and Modibo Keita International Airport, Bamako, Mali
Result

Inconclusive

  • JNIM causes heavy losses in Malian troops and equipment
  • Malian forces quell attack
Belligerents
Mali Armed Forces
Mali Gendarmerie
Wagner Group		 Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
Commanders and leaders
Oumar Diarra Salman al-Bambari
Abdul-Salam al-Fulani
Strength
Unknown 10 (per JNIM)
Casualties and losses
77-100 killed 10 killed (per JNIM)
20 killed or arrested (per Mali)
1 UN personnel injured
1 alleged militant lynched

On 17 September 2024, gunmen from a cell of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attacked several locations across Bamako, the capital of Mali, including Malian Army and Wagner Group bases and Modibo Keita International Airport. About 100 Malian soldiers and policemen were killed and more than 255 others were injured.

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