Battle of Bassikounou

Battle of Bassikounou
Part of Insurgency in the Sahel

Mauritanian pickup in Bassikounou, July 2011
DateJuly 5, 2011
Location
near Bassikounou, Mauritania
Result Mauritanian victory
Belligerents
Mauritania AQIM
Casualties and losses
3–4 injured 15–20 killed (per military and medical sources)
9 captured
6 killed (per Mauritanian Army)
2 killed (per AQIM)

On July 5, 2011, clashes broke out between Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Mauritanian forces in Bassikounou, Mauritania.

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