Goumakoura ambush
Part of Mali War
Date13 October 2016 (2016-10-13)
Location
Goumakoura, Mali
Result Ansar Dine victory
Belligerents
Mali Ansar Dine
Casualties and losses
4 killed
7 injured
2 captured (per Ansar Dine)		 1 killed (per Ansar Dine)

On 13 October 2016, jihadists from Ansar Dine ambushed Malian soldiers near Goumakoura, Mali.

Background

Prior to the Goumakoura attack, Ansar Dine militants and Fulani nationalists attacked Malian soldiers in the nearby town of Nampalari, Ségou, Mali. Seventeen Malian soldiers were killed in the attack.[1]

Ambush

Soldiers supplying the Nampala garrison from Diabaly were ambushed in the village of Goumakoura.[2] The attack began when two vehicles; a tanker and a troop transport vehicle, hit three mines.[3] The attackers, which were referred to as "considerable" in number by the Malian ministry of the interior, fired rockets and automatic weapons at the soldiers.[3] Malian reinforcements were later dispatched to the site to rescue the injured and comb the area.[3]

Aftermath

Four Malian soldiers were killed and seven were injured during the ambush, in an assessment confirmed by the Malian Ministry of Defense.[4][5] The attack was claimed on 15 October 2016 by Ansar Dine, who claimed to have killed four soldiers, destroyed two vehicles, and captured two Malian soldiers, with one jihadist killed.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Islamist militants kill 17 soldiers in attack on Mali army base". Reuters. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mali: 4 soldats tués dans l'explosion de mines". Le Figaro (in French). 13 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Attaque meurtrière contre un convoi de soldats maliens dans le centre du pays". RFI (in French). 13 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Jeune Afrique – Premier site d'actualité sur l'Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ↑ maliweb (13 October 2016). "Ministère de la Défense et des Anciens Combattants : Goma-Coura : Une attaque des assaillants armés fait 4 soldats tués et des blessés | maliweb.net" (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "EN version of AnsarDine's Rimaah infographic on the ambush in Goma-Coura by Katiba Macina against the Malian army on Oct 13". MENASTREAM on Twitter. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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