source: Actu (Niger); RFI; Amaq; Nashir; Xinhua; AFP
actor1: Islamic State (West Africa) - Lake Chad Faction
actor2: Military Forces of Niger (2011-2021) Gendarmerie
location: Diffa
notes: On April 9, four ISWAP militants equipped with small arms and hand grenades attacked the town of Diffa, they targeted the gendarmerie and the customs, clashes raged overnight and two gendarmes were killed and at least four gendarmes wounded, all assailants killed.