On July 25 and 28, 2021, jihadists from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked civilians in the villages of Wiye and Deykoukou, Bani-Bangou Department, Tillabéri Region, Niger, killing at least 33 people.

At the start of 2021, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), a predominantly-Fulani jihadist group, began attacking civilians en masse across Niger.

[2][3] The first massacre occurred in Wiye, a rural village in the Banibangou commune of Tillaberi region, on July 25.

[4] At about 3pm local time that day, a group of armed men on motorcycles shot at Zarma civilians in a field.

When residents went to go retrieve the bodies, armed gunmen hiding behind granaries and bushes popped out and shot indiscriminately at the villagers.