source: Actu (Niger); Journal le Gardien; ANP (Niger); AFP; L'Evenement Niger; Aniamey; Le Sahel; Whatsapp; Facebook; Xinhua
actor1: Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
actor2: Military Forces of Niger (2011-2021) Gendarmerie
location: Bougou
notes: On October 6, unknown gunmen (believed to be ISGS militants) ambushed a combuined gendarmerie and national guard patrol in the valley of Bougou, not far from Dogon Kirya, and killed two members of the security forces and wounded five others, no fatalities reported in the ranks of the suspected militants.