| Tourine ambush | |
|---|---|
| Part of Insurgency in the Maghreb | |
| Location | Tourine, Mauritania |
| Date | September 14–15, 2008 |
| Target | .svg){kind=small} Mauritanian Army |
| Victims | 12 captured and executed |
| Perpetrators |  AQIM
|
The Tourine ambush, also known as the Tourine massacre, was one of the September 14, 2008, jihadists from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) ambushed Mauritanian soldiers in the village of Tourine, near Zouérat, Mauritania. The ambush was the first major attack by AQIM during the Insurgency in the Sahel, and sparked major changes in the Mauritanian military.[1]
- ^ "How has Mauritania managed to stave off terror attacks? | ISS Africa". issafrica.org. Retrieved 2024-04-01.