A Niger Army base in Agadez; A French operated uranium mine in Arlit.
Attack type
Terrorist attack
Deaths
36
Injured
~ 30
Perpetrators
MUJAO
Signatories in Blood
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Jihadist insurgency in Niger
Battles
Ouraren
Adrar Bouss
Bosso and Diffa
1st Tongo Tongo
Diffa
2nd Tongo-Tongo
Inates
Chinagodrar
Taroun
Tabatol
Tillbéri (2024)
Attacks
Agadez and Arlit
Ayorou
Tillabéri
Kouré
Tahoua
Adab-Dab
Petel Kole
Other
US military intervention
2023 coup d'état
2023 crisis
Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
On 23 May 2013, two coordinated attacks perpetrated by Islamist affiliates targeted the two Niger towns of Agadez and Arlit, the first being a military base the other a French-owned and operated uranium mine. In the first attack on the Niger military base, in which eight attackers participated, 23 soldiers and a civilian were confirmed dead by the next day. The second attack by two suicide bombers also claimed a worker at the mine.[1] The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) later claimed responsibility, saying "We attacked Niger for its cooperation with France in the war against Sharia (Islamic law)". They also promised more attacks to come in retaliation for Niger's involvement in the Northern Mali conflict. Reports suggested Islamist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar of being the "mastermind" of both attacks, supervised by his brigade the "Signatories of Blood". These were the first such attacks within the country in Niger's history.[2]
^"NIGER. Double attentat : 24 morts, un terroriste retranché". nouvelobs.com. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
^"BBC News - Mokhtar Belmokhtar 'masterminded' Niger suicide bombs". BBC News. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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