Adel Bagrou attack

Adel Bagrou attack
Part of the Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Attack location
Attack location
Attack location
Attack location (Mauritania)
DateDecember 20, 2011 (2011-12-20)
18:00 (UTC)
Location
Adel Bagrou, Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania
15°29′51″N 6°57′2″W / 15.49750°N 6.95056°W / 15.49750; -6.95056
Result AQIM victory
Belligerents
Mauritania AQIM
Strength
1 man 5 men
Casualties and losses
1 captured None

On 20 December 2011, militants affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacked a Mauritanian gendarmerie post in Adel Bagrou, a town in the Hodh Ech Chargui region near the Malian border.

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