| September 2023 Mali attacks | |||||||
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| Part of the Mali War and the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Mali |
 Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| At least 15 dead | ~ 50 dead | ||||||
| Civilians: at least 49 to 154 dead | |||||||
On 7 September 2023, at least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed when Islamist militants attacked a military camp and the vessel Timbuktu in Mali.[1] Militants reportedly attacked the boat as it was traveling on the Niger River from the town of Gao to Mopti and also attacked an army camp in the Bourem Cercle in the Gao Region.[2] Another attack on the 8th targeted a Mali army camp and the airport in Gao. The responsibility for the attacks were claimed by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, a group linked to al-Qaeda.[3]
Following the attacks, the 2024 Malian presidential election was postponed indefinitely by the Malian junta.[4]
- ^ "At least 49 civilians, 15 soldiers killed in northeast Mali attacks -interim government". Reuters. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Mali: At least 49 civilians reported dead in attack on river boat". BBC News. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Mali jihadists kill at least 64 people amid growing Islamist threat". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 8 September 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Mali junta delays February presidential election for 'technical reasons'". France 24. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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