2021 Aguelhok attack

2021 Aguelhok attack
Part of Mali War
DateApril 2, 2021
Location
Aguelhok, Mali
19°27′54″N 0°51′27″E / 19.46500°N 0.85750°E / 19.46500; 0.85750
Result Chadian victory
Belligerents

MINUSMA

Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
Commanders and leaders
Abdel Razak Hamid Barh  Iyad Ag Ghaly
Abdallaye Ag al-Baka 
Strength
Unknown ~100–200 men
Casualties and losses
4 dead
16 injured
41 dead
5 POWs
2–3 civilians killed

On April 2, 2021, insurgents from the al-Qaeda-linked group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) attacked a contingent of Chadian troops serving in MINUSMA, the UN's peacekeeping branch throughout the Mali War. The Chadian troops effectively repelled the JNIM attack, inflicting heavy casualties.