2017 Ayorou attack
| 2017 Ayorou attack | |||||||
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| Part of Jihadist insurgency in Niger | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Niger | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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13 killed 5 injured 3 vehicles captured |
3+ killed 1 vehicle destroyed | ||||||
The 2017 Ayorou attack occurred on 21 October 2017 when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked a Nigerien military outpost in the village of Ayorou in southwestern Niger, killing 13 gendarmes. Occurring just weeks after a similar attack in the area killed four American and four Nigerien troops, the attack was carried out by ISGS gunmen who crossed the porous border from Mali.