2018 Timbuktu attack

MINUSMA super camp attack
Part of the Northern Mali conflict
Date14 April 2018
Location
Timbuktu Airport, Timbuktu, Mali
Result MINUSMA victory
Belligerents

MINUSMA

 France		 JNIM
Casualties and losses
:
1 killed
7 wounded[1]
:
7 wounded[1]		 15 killed[1]
2 civilians killed[2]

On 14 April 2018, militants attacked the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) base in Timbuktu Airport, known informally as the "super camp".[1] The JNIM later claimed responsibility for the attack, in reprisal for the deaths of some of their commanders in clashes that occurred about a week earlier.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mali: 15 militants killed in Timbuktu attack". news.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ^ Le Cam, Morgane (14 April 2018). "Attaque à Tombouctou contre les casques bleus et les soldats français". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Al-Qaida claims responsibility for deadly attack on French/UN forces in Mali". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.