source: First Niger; Nashir; Al Nabaa; Actu (Niger); Twitter; GardaWorld; Aniamey; Signal
actor1: Islamic State (West Africa) - Lake Chad Faction
actor2: Military Forces of Niger (2021-) Gendarmerie
location: Yabal
notes: On 22 May 2021, presumed ISWAP (Lake Chad) militants attacked a gendarmerie checkpoint in the village of Yabal (Maine Soroa, Diffa). The militants killed at least one gendarme, wounded one, abducted another, and seized one vehicle and burned another.