2017 Tongo Tongo ambush

Target entity: 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush
Context triple: [Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, notableAttack, 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush]

• A. Gemencheh Bridge ambush
  The Gemencheh Bridge ambush was a World War II engagement in Malaya where Australian forces launched a successful surprise attack against advancing Japanese troops by demolishing a bridge and inflicting heavy casualties.
• B. Niemba ambush
  The Niemba ambush was a 1960 attack in the Congo in which Irish UN peacekeepers were killed by Baluba tribesmen, marking one of the earliest and deadliest incidents for United Nations forces during the Congo Crisis.
• C. Via Fani ambush
  The Via Fani ambush was a 1978 terrorist attack in Rome in which Red Brigades militants kidnapped former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro and killed his bodyguards, marking one of the most dramatic episodes of Italy’s Years of Lead.
• D. Banda Islands massacre
  The Banda Islands massacre was a brutal 1621 campaign by the Dutch East India Company to exterminate or expel the indigenous population of the Banda Islands in order to secure a monopoly over the lucrative nutmeg trade.
• E. 1927 Malaita massacre
  The 1927 Malaita massacre was a violent colonial reprisal by British authorities in the Solomon Islands, in which many Kwaio people were killed following the assassination of a district officer.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush
Target entity description: The 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush was a deadly attack near the village of Tongo Tongo in Niger in which militants killed four U.S. soldiers and several Nigerien troops, drawing international attention to extremist violence in the Sahel.

• A. Gemencheh Bridge ambush
  The Gemencheh Bridge ambush was a World War II engagement in Malaya where Australian forces launched a successful surprise attack against advancing Japanese troops by demolishing a bridge and inflicting heavy casualties.
• B. Niemba ambush
  The Niemba ambush was a 1960 attack in the Congo in which Irish UN peacekeepers were killed by Baluba tribesmen, marking one of the earliest and deadliest incidents for United Nations forces during the Congo Crisis.
• C. Via Fani ambush
  The Via Fani ambush was a 1978 terrorist attack in Rome in which Red Brigades militants kidnapped former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro and killed his bodyguards, marking one of the most dramatic episodes of Italy’s Years of Lead.
• D. Banda Islands massacre
  The Banda Islands massacre was a brutal 1621 campaign by the Dutch East India Company to exterminate or expel the indigenous population of the Banda Islands in order to secure a monopoly over the lucrative nutmeg trade.
• E. 1927 Malaita massacre
  The 1927 Malaita massacre was a violent colonial reprisal by British authorities in the Solomon Islands, in which many Kwaio people were killed following the assassination of a district officer.
• F. None of above. chosen