Goumakoura ambush
| Goumakoura ambush | |||||||
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| Part of Mali War | |||||||
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| 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
[edit]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
[edit]Soldiers supplying the Nampala garrison from Diabaly were ambushed in the village of Goumakoura.[2] The attack began when two vehicles; a tanker truck 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Islamist militants kill 17 soldiers in attack on Mali army base". Reuters. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Mali: 4 soldats tués dans l'explosion de mines". Le Figaro (in French). 13 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Attaque meurtrière contre un convoi de soldats maliens dans le centre du pays". RFI (in French). 13 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Jeune Afrique – Premier site d'actualité sur l'Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.