But as the fight intensified, the group of Americans and Nigeriens decided to get out of the "kill zone" and move forward approximately 200 yards. All four were killed in Niger, when a team of American and Nigerien forces was ambushed by militants believed to be linked to the Islamic State group. The exact details of the Niger ambush have. 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 stop in the village. Reporting from the desert of Niger to a small town in Georgia, The New York Times reconstructed how four American soldiers lost their lives and why they were in Africa to begin with.
"We're not leaving these guys behind"Īs they took fire, Americans in a lead position got out of their vehicle to return fire, the official said. PENTAGON - The American soldiers killed in Niger were helping that country's military combat Islamic militants. intelligence source, the more than 50 ISIS-linked fighters who attacked the convoy appeared to be a well-trained, seasoned force who used machine guns, mortars, and rocket-propelled grenades. The Americans were in three of those vehicles, which consisted of two pickup trucks equipped with machine guns and an unarmed Land Cruiser.Īccording to a senior U.S. TAMPA The Islamic State has posted a propaganda video featuring the gruesome scene of an American soldier in the African nation of Niger as he is riddled with bullets during an ambush. The team of 12 Americans and 30 Nigerien soldiers were departing the village of Tongo Tongo in six to eight vehicles when they faced what sources close to the investigation described as a sophisticated ambush on either side of a tree-lined road. — - Nearly one month after the deadly ambush in Niger that killed four American soldiers, ABC News has learned new details about how the attack unfolded on October 4, including how a small group of Americans went back into the firefight to locate a vehicle that had become separated from the group. We’ve Posted The Pentagon’s Entire Moment-By-Moment Niger Ambush Video Briefing The high-quality video presentation shows friendly fire, French forces racing to the rescue, and contractor.
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