Tongo Tongo ambush - Wikipedia
The Tongo Tongo ambush or the Niger ambush occurred on 4 October 2017, when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked Nigerien and US soldiers outside the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, while they were returning to base after a …
At least 10 Nigerien soldiers are killed in an ambush, the army says
1 day ago · DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said. An intervention unit was sent to the west of the country on Monday to catch criminals stealing cattle in Takzat, a village in western Niger, according ...
What really happened to the Army Special Forces team ambushed in Niger
Nov 19, 2021 · In the early afternoon of Oct. 4, 2017, a team of U.S. and Nigerien partner forces were pinned down by an overwhelming enemy force in Tongo Tongo, Niger — stuck without backup or the...
The findings and recommendations with regard to the tragic events of 4 October 2017, that resulted in the deaths of four American and four Nigerien Soldiers, are based on all available evidence...
US soldiers killed in Niger were outgunned, 'left behind' in …
May 3, 2018 · Four Army special operations soldiers killed in action during an ambush in Niger last October were part of a largely inexperienced and lightly-armed team outmatched by ISIS fighters who exploited ...
At least 10 Nigerian soldiers are killed in an ambush, the army says
1 day ago · DAKAR, Senegal -- An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said. An ...
Terrorist Ambush in Niger - U.S. Department of Defense
The Defense Department released the results of the U.S. Africa Command-led investigation into the Oct. 4, 2017, ambush on U.S. and Nigerien forces near Tongo Tongo, Niger.
‘An Endless War’: Why 4 U.S. Soldiers Died in a Remote African …
Feb 17, 2018 · These were the last minutes in the lives of three American soldiers killed on Oct. 4 during an ambush in the desert scrub of Niger that was recorded on a military helmet camera.
US Niger ambush: How raft of failures ended in death - BBC
May 11, 2018 · After delays meeting the elders they left just before noon and were ambushed a few hundred metres from the edge of the village. The jihadists responsible for the ambush released helmet camera...
DoD’s Report on the Investigation into the 2017 Ambush in Niger …
On October 4, 2017, four U.S. Army Green Berets and four Nigerien soldiers were killed in action during an ambush of a joint U.S.-Nigerien mission outside the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger.