2023 Nara ambush

2023 Nara ambush
LocationNear Nara and the Wagadou Forest, Koulikoro Region, Mali
DateApril 18, 2023
TargetOumar Traore
Deaths4
Victims1 kidnapped (per Mali)
2 kidnapped (per JNIM)
Perpetrator Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin

On April 18, 2023, militants from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin ambushed a car transporting Malian Chief of Staff Oumar Traore near Nara, Koulikoro Region, Mali, killing him and three other passengers. The ambush was one of the most high-profile assassinations of Malian political figures by JNIM.

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