location: Yirimandio
notes: On 18 June 2017, a group of armed men attacked the tourist resort Campement Kangaba in Yirimandio (Bamako, Bamako). At least four people were killed in the attack, including a Malian national guard, a Portuguese soldier of the EU training mission, and two civilians including a Malian and a Chinese national, a Cameroonian died from cardiac arrest. Malian and French forces intervened and killed the 4 assailants and freed 30 hostages. Fourteen people were also wounded. JNIM claimed responsibility.
target_text: location: Yirimandio, fatalities: 8