Battle of Bassikounou | |||||||
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Part of Insurgency in the Sahel | |||||||
Mauritanian pickup in Bassikounou, July 2011 | |||||||
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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.