source: Radio Guintan; Twitter
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Mali)
actor2: Civilians (Mali)
location: Timbuktu
notes: On 7 September 2021, unknown gunmen abducted a male merchant in the Bariz quarter in the town of Timbuktu (Tombouctou, Tombouctou). The abductee was released on 8 September.