2024 Bamako attacks
2024 Bamako attacks | |
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Part of the Mali War | |
Location | multiple locations in Bamako, Mali |
Date | 17 September 2024 |
Target | Malian soldiers, gendarmerie and civilians |
Attack type | Gunfire |
Deaths | 77+ |
Injured | 255+ |
Perpetrator | Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin |
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Tuareg rebellion (2012):
- 1st Ménaka
- 1st Aguelhok
- Tin-Hama
- In Emsal
- 1st Andéramboukane
- 1st Tessalit
- 1st Niafunké
- 1st Tinzaouaten
- Tinsalane
- 1st Goumakoura
- 1st Tessit
- Sudere
- 1st Kidal
- 1st Timbuktu
- 1st Gao
- 1st In-Delimane
- Tagarangabotte
- 2nd Ménaka
- Khalil
- In Arab
Foreign intervention:
- Operation Serval
- AFISMA
- Chadian military intervention
- EUTM
- MINUSMA
- Konna
- 2nd Gao
- Diabaly
- 3rd Gao
- 4th Gao
- Ifoghas
- Panther
- 5th Gao
- In Khalil
- Timetrine
- 1st Kidal attack
- Imenas
- Tin Keraten
- Tigharghâr
- 1st Djebok
- 2nd Timbuktu
- 6th Gao
- 3rd Timbuktu
- 2nd Kidal attack
- 1st Ber
- Hamakouladji
- 1st Anéfis
- 2nd Anéfis
- Fooïta
- Douaya
- 2nd Tessalit
- Amazragane
- 1st Araouane
- 3rd Kidal attack
2014
- Kondaoui
- Tamkoutat
- 1st Ametettai
- Dayet
- Inabohane and Ebahlal
- 2nd Kidal
- 2nd Aguelhok
- 3rd Anéfis
- 1st Tabankort
- 2nd Indelimane
- 2nd Ametettai
- N'Tillit
- 2nd Tabankort
2015
- 1st Nampala
- Ténenkou
- 3rd Tabankort
- Tabrichat
- Bamako restaurant
- 4th Kidal attack
- 1st Léré
- Tin Telout
- Nara
- Takoumbaout
- Sama Forest
- 1st Gourma-Rharous
- Sévaré hotel
- 4th Anéfis
- Tiébanda
- Bamako hotel
- 5th Kidal attack
- 1st Talahandak
2016
2017
- 6th Gao
- 1st Boulikessi
- 2nd Gourma-Rharous
- Foulsaré Forest
- 1st Dogofry
- 1st Serma Forest
- Bintagoungou
- Kangaba
- Inkadogotane
- 2nd Djebok
- Takellote
- 4th Timbuktu
- Tin Biden
- 3rd Indelimane
2018
- 4th In-Delimane
- Youwarou
- Soumpi
- Inaghalawass
- 2nd Araouane
- Akabar
- 5th Timbuktu
- Aklaz and Awkassa
- 1st Talataye
- Tabarde
- 1st Boni
- Inabelbel
- Soumouni
- 2nd Dogofry
- Ndaki
- 2nd Ber
- Farimake
- Tinabaw and Tabangout-Tissalatatene
- Abanguilou
2019
- Koulogon
- 2nd Serma Forest
- Taghatert and West Inekar
- 4th Aguelhok
- Elakla
- Dialloubé
- Diankabou
- 1st Dioura
- Ogossagou
- Tiésaba-Bourgou
- Guiré
- Sobane Da
- Gangafani and Yoro
- Fafa
- 2nd Boulikessi
- 5th In-Delimane
- 4th Tabankort
- 3rd Ménaka
- 1st Wagadou Forest
2020
- Dioungani
- Sokolo
- 1st Tarkint
- 1st Bamba
- 2nd Talahandak
- Bouka Weré
- Bankass
- Coup
- 1st Farabougou
- Sokoura
- 3rd Boulikessi
- Tadamakat
- Niaki
2021
- Wedding airstrike
- Boulikessi and Mondoro
- 2nd Boni
- 2nd Tessit
- 5th Aguelhok
- Coup
- 2nd Tarkint
- Karou and Ouatagouna
- Dangarous Forest
- Nokara
- Bodio
- Mopti
2022
- Archam
- Danguèrè Wotoro
- Mondoro
- Ménaka
- 2nd Andéramboukane
- 3rd Tessit
- 2nd Talataye
- Tadjalalt and Haroum
- Moura
- Hombori
- Mopti Region
- Diallassagou
- Bandiagara
2023
- Markacoungo
- Diafarabé and Koumara
- Kani Bonzon
- 5th Timbuktu
- 3rd Ber
- Tombouctou and Bamba
- Bourem
- 2nd Léré
- 2nd Dioura
- 2nd Bamba
- Kidal Region
- 4th Kidal
- 2nd Niafunké
- Labbezanga
- 2nd Farabougou
2024
- Kwala
- Douna
- 2nd Wagadou Forest
- Mourdiah
- Abeïbara
- Djiguibombo
- 2nd Tinzaouaten
- Bamako
On 17 September 2024, gunmen attacked several locations across Bamako, the capital of Mali, including police and military installations. At least 77 people were killed and more than 200 others were injured. The Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, an Islamist militant group affiliated with al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility.[1][2]
Background
Mali has been in a state of conflict since 2012 due to groups linked to Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Tuareg rebels, self-declared defence forces and bandits.[3][4] In an effort to resolve the situation, the Malian Armed Forces ousted the civilian government in a 2020 coup and resorted to allowing the entry of Russian mercenaries to fight insurgents.[5] Bamako itself had largely been unaffected by the fighting, with the last related incident being an attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in 2015 that killed 20 people.[3]
Attacks
The attacks began in the early morning of 17 September 2024 at around 05:00,[6] when gunmen attacked several locations across the city including the Banankabougou neighbourhood,[3] the Faladie military police school[7] housing elite units of the Malian gendarmerie[8] in the southeast of Bamako, and the nearby military airport,[3] which the JNIM claimed to have fully taken.[1] The attacks prompted the closure of Modibo Keita International Airport, which adjoins the military airport,[9] while clashes were also reported at a police station controlling access to the former.[1] The JNIM claimed to have destroyed six aircraft,[10] including several fighter planes,[8] and a drone, and opened fire at a drone platform[10] and the presidential hangar of the military airport. An aircraft used for humanitarian work by the World Food Programme was also damaged on the ground,[11] according to its owner, the South African-based National Airways Corporation, adding that its crew and staff were secured in a safe house.[12]
The attacks were finally put down by Malian government forces later in the day, with the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Oumar Diarra visiting the Faladie school and stating that all the "terrorists" who attacked the facility had been "neutralised".[13]
Casualties
Estimates of the casualties varied, with the death toll ranging from 77 to more than 100, while 255 others were injured. Among the dead were 50 military police students who were buried on 19 September.[2] At least 20 militants were believed to have been captured,[1] while the JNIM claimed that a few dozen of its fighters had inflicted "hundreds" of casualties, including on members of the Wagner Group.[2] One security personnel of the United Nations was also injured.[14]
Reactions
The attacks were condemned by multiple countries and organisations including the United Nations, the African Union, ECOWAS, Senegal, France and the United Kingdom.[11][15]
Criticism of the attacks within Mali was limited due to severe restrictions on freedom of expression by the ruling military junta, with the exception of a few media outlets such as the newspaper Nouvel Horizon, which wrote that it was "time to apportion blame at all levels".[6]
See also
- List of terrorist incidents in 2024
- List of Islamist terrorist attacks
- List of terrorist attacks in Mali
- 2015 Bamako hotel attack
References
- ^ a b c d "Al-Qaeda-linked group says it was behind Mali attack". BBC. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Jihadist Attacks In Mali Capital Killed More Than 70: Security Sources". Barron's. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Malian capital Bamako 'under control' after surprise Islamist attack". RFI. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Mali: Army says situation 'under control' after 'terrorist' attack". The Africa Report. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Jihadist assault on Mali's capital killed scores of people, say security sources". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Major jihadist attack in Mali's capital killed more than 70, security source says". France 24. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Mali troops put down a deadly militant attack in the capital". Associated Press. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Mali's capital hit by first major jihadist attack since junta came to power". Le Monde. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Jihadist attack in Mali capital killed more than 70: security sources". RFI. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ a b "AFRICA/MALI - Terrorist attacks in Bamako: a signal to the military juntas of Niger and Burkina?". Agenzia Fides. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Mali killed more than 70 people". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "A U.N.-chartered plane was damaged in an Islamist attack in Mali". Associated Press. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Situation under control following Bamako attack by al-Qaida affiliate". Africanews. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "UN chief strongly condemns Mali terrorist attack". UN News. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Mali: ECOWAS condemns attack on Bamako, reiterates commitment to work for peace". Agenzia Nova. Retrieved 20 September 2024.