Incident Summary:

12/31/2016: Assailants attacked military positions in Garoua, Diffa, Niger. At least 15 people, including three soldiers and 12 assailants, were killed and seven other people were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.

Overview

GTD ID:
201612310040

When:
2016-12-31

Country:
Niger

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Diffa

City:
Garoua

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Unknown
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Military
Name of Entity	Niger Army
Specific Description	Soldiers
Nationality of Target	Niger

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Unknown

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	No
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	Yes
Alternate Designation (more)	Insurgency/Guerilla Action

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Boko Haram	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	15 Fatalities / 7 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	15
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	12
Total Number of Injured	7
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources

"15 soldiers killed, 19 injured in Niger terror attack," Hindustan Times, February 24, 2017."
"Niger: Boko Haram attack kills two soldiers in Lake Chad region," Sahel Standard, January 2, 2017."