source: Whatsapp; AFP; Reuters; FAMAMali; Essor; Koro Kibaru; Le Pays Dogon; Menastream; RFI
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Military Forces of Mali (2021-)
location: Bodio
notes: On 6 October 2021, JNIM militants carried out a complex ambush by IED detonation and gunfire against a Malian army convoy near Bodio (Bandiagara, Mopti). 16 soldiers were killed and 9 wounded. Dana Ambassagou militiamen recovered 11 motorcycles abandoned by the JNIM militants. JNIM claimed responsibility in an unofficial video showing a vehicle and weapons seized, and acknowledged one fighter killed in its ranks. The Malian army claimed it killed 15 militants and seized 20 motorcycles and weapons, the information could not be independently verified.