2014 Aguelhok attack
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Date11 June 2014
TargetMINUSMA and Malian soldiers
Deaths5 (four Chadian soldiers and one suicide bomber)
| 2014 Aguelhok attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Mali War | |
| Location | 19°27′54″N 0°51′18″E / 19.465°N 0.855°E Aguelhok, Mali |
| Date | 11 June 2014 |
| Target | MINUSMA and Malian soldiers |
| Deaths | 5 (four Chadian soldiers and one suicide bomber) |
| Injured | 10 (six Chadian peacekeepers and four Malian soldiers) |
| Perpetrator | Unknown jihadists |
On 11 June 2014, a suicide bomber attacked the MINUSMA base in Aguelhok, Mali, killing several Chadian peacekeepers.
Following the Second Battle of Kidal in May, Tuareg rebels launched an incursion into the town of Aguelhok on 21 May. The 290 Malian soldiers present at the garrison in the town sought refuge at the MINUSMA base in the town staffed by Chadian peacekeepers.[1][2] A few days later, eighty Imghad Tuareg militants and civilians who were sympathetic to the government also sought relief at the MINUSMA base.[2] On the day of the attack, at least 600 soldiers were present at the base.[2]