source: Sahelien; Whatsapp; Radio Guintan; RFI; Twitter; Reuters; Xinhua; FAMAMali; Signal; AMAP; AFP; Mali Actu; Studio Tamani
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Mali (2021-) Gendarmerie
location: Nokara
notes: On 19 August 2021, presumed JNIM militants carried out a complex ambush involving a parked car bomb (VBIED) and small arms fire against a convoy of combined Malian gendarmerie and army units near the village of Nokara (Douentza, Mopti). 17 gendarmes and soldiers killed, 42 wounded, one missing, and a large number of vehicles, weapons, and equipment seized by the militants.