source: Menastream; Actu (Niger)
actor1: Military Forces of Niger (2011-2021)
actor2: Islamic State (Greater Sahara)
location: Bolsi
notes: On December 16, the Nigerien army tracked and managed to encircle a group of ISGS militants trapped in a vehicle who previously had assassinated a village chief in Bolsi, soldiers fired RPGs and destroyed the vehicle, killed four militants and captured a fifth.