source: Signal; Actu (Niger); Facebook; Twitter; Aniamey; Jeunesse Diffa; Nashir; Air Info
actor1: Islamic State (West Africa) - Lake Chad Faction
actor2: Military Forces of Niger (2021-) Gendarmerie
location: Diffa
notes: On 5 June 2021, ISWAP (Lake Chad) militants attacked a gendarmerie position at the SONIEP petroleum depot near the city of Diffa (Diffa, Diffa). One gendarme was wounded, and vehicles burned and seized. MNJTF said that several 'terrorists' were 'neutralized' (presumably killed) and vehicles destroyed and damaged in a counterattack by air and ground forces. Unknown militant fatalities coded as 3. ISWAP claimed responsibility.