Tongo Tongo ambush
2017 attack on Nigerien and US soldiers by Islamist militants in Tongo Tongo, Niger
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ambush
- Part of
- Operation Juniper Shield
- Country
- Niger
- Located in
- Tondikiwindi
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Location
- Tongo Tongo
- Image
- US soldier during the Tongo Tongo ambush.png
- Number of deaths
- +60
- Number of injured
- +10
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