source: Facebook; Actu (Niger); L'Evenement Niger
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims and/or Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
actor2: Military Forces of Niger (2011-2021) Gendarmerie
location: Bankata
notes: On 7 October 2019, suspected JNIM and/or ISGS militants attacked a group of gendarmes in Bankata, near Makalondi (Torodi, Tillaberi). One gendarme was killed, five wounded, and one gone missing.