Tchibarakaten ambush
| Tchibarakaten ambush | |||||||
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| Part of Jihadist insurgency in Niger | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | al-Mourabitoun | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
16 men 6 pickups | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
13 killed 2 prisoners | ||||||
Between October 9 and 10, 2014, jihadists from al-Mourabitoun were ambushed by French forces near Tchibarakaten, Niger while transporting supplies from Libya to Mali.