Youwarou attack
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| Youwarou attack | |||||||
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| Part of Mali War | |||||||
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 Mali |
 Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin | ||||||
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2 killed 1 injured | 7 killed | ||||||
On January 25, 2018, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin attacked the village of Youwarou in Mali, but the attack was repelled by Malian forces.
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) was formed in early 2017 as a coalition of five separate jihadist groups that initially rebelled against the Malian government in 2012. One of the group's first campaigns for loot and power was in the Mopti Region of central Mali, where Katibat Macina led by Amadou Koufa (one of the five groups making up JNIM) was most active.[1] Thirty-six Malian soldiers in Youwarou a few weeks prior to the attack had defected from their post and fled to Bamako.[2]