:Draft:2025 Sakoira and Kandadji attacks
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{{Short description|Attacks in the villages of Sakoira and Kandadji}}
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{{Infobox terrorist attack
| location = Sakoira and Kandadji, Niger
| date = 24—25 April 2025
| partof = Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
| fatalities = 12 Nigerien soldiers
| injuries = Unknown
| victims = 5 Indian workers
| perpetrators = {{flag icon|Islamic State}} Islamic State – Sahel Province (suspected)
}}
On 24 April 2025 near the village of Sakoira 12 Nigerien soldiers were killed by armed men the next day five Indian workers were abducted in nearby Kandadji, the Islamic State – Sahel Province are believed to be responsible for both attacks.
Attacks
On 24 April 2025 suspected ISSP fighters ambushed a Nigerien military unit while on a mission near the village of Sakoira killing 12.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-30 |title=Five Indians kidnapped in attack in Niger |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/five-indians-kidnapped-attack-niger-2025-04-30/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Reuters}}{{Cite web |last=Balima |first=Boureima |date=2025-04-26 |title=Twelve Niger soldiers killed in attack, two suspects detained, says army |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/twelve-niger-soldiers-killed-attack-two-suspects-detained-says-army-2025-04-26/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Reuters}}{{Cite web |last=Tasamba |first=James |date=2025-04-27 |title=12 soldiers killed in western Niger attack |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/12-soldiers-killed-in-western-niger-attack/3550211#:~:text=The%20attack%20targeted%20a%20unit,contact%20us%20for%20subscription%20options. |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}{{Cite web |title=Bahrain News Agency |url=https://www.bna.bh/en/index.aspx |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.bna.bh}}
The next day on 25 April militants attacked a a group of men working on power lines near the Kandadji Dam, no one is known to have been killed or injured in the attack but five Indians who were working for the Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited Company were abducted by the attackers. All five men were from the Giridih district of Jharkhand and had been sent to Niger in January 2024, the five men were identified as Sanjay Mahto, Faljit Mahto, Raju Mahto, Chandrika Mahto and Uttam Mahto.{{Cite news |title=JLKM starts social media campaign for abducted workers in Niger |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/jlkm-starts-social-media-campaign-for-abducted-workers-in-niger/amp_articleshow/120941188.cms |access-date=2025-05-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |last=Claudia |first=Di |date=2025-04-30 |title=Niger, operai indiani rapiti e nuove prove di vita per Eva Gretzmacher |url=https://www.africarivista.it/niger-operai-indiani-rapiti-e-nuove-prove-di-vita-per-eva-gretzmacher/263690/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Rivista Africa |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |last=Ranjan |first=Mukesh |date=2025-04-10 |title=Five migrant workers from Jharkhand allegedly abducted in Niger; CM Soren urges EAM to step in |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/nation/2025/Apr/28/five-migrant-workers-from-jharkhand-allegedly-abducted-in-niger-cm-soren-urges-eam-to-step-in |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}
Aftermath
Shortly after the attack in Sakoira the Nigerien army launched combat operations in the Tillabéri Region, two men were subsequently arrested in connection to the attack.
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