source: Studio Tamani; Twitter
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Mali)
actor2: Civilians (Mali)
location: Barkaina
notes: On 17 September 2021, unknown gunmen removed three off-duty soldiers from a communal transport bus in Barkaina (Bourem, Gao), on the road between Bamba and Bourem. Two were stripped of their belongings while the third was abducted and released the following day.