Wanna ambush
| Wanna ambush | |||||||
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| Part of Mali War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Mali | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 killed 3 injured | 4 killed 3 captured | ||||||
| 6 civilians killed | |||||||
On January 15, 2016, unknown militants ambushed Malian forces near Wanna, in Goundam Cercle, Mali.
Background
[edit]Goundam Cercle in 2015 was a hub of jihadist activity, in particular by Ansar Dine and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. In July 2015, jihadists led by AQIM ambushed Burkinabe troops in MINUSMA near the village of Takoumbaout, in Goundam cercle.[1] On the day of the Wanna ambush, Malian soldiers were attacked in Dioura, killing one.[2][3]
Ambush
[edit]On the morning of January 15, 2016, a Malian convoy left Timbuktu towards Léré, a town near the Mauritanian border, to provide the town with food and equipment for internally displaced Malians.[2] The convoy was ambushed near the villages of Wanna and Zenzen, thirty-three kilometers from Goundam, on the road leading to Tonka.[4][5]
A few hours after the attack, the Malian Ministry of Defense announced that four jihadists and two Malian soldiers were killed during the ambush, and three soldiers were injured and three jihadists were captured.[6] Azawadian media stated six Tuareg civilians were killed by Malian soldiers in a reprisal attack for the ambush.[7] No group claimed responsibility for the attack, and no group was accused of the attack by the Malian government. Initially, a Malian military source said they "did not know" who the attackers were.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mali: six casques bleus tués dans une attaque revendiquée par Aqmi". RFI (in French). 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ a b "Mali: at least 7 dead in two attacks in the north and center of the country". i24. January 15, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ "Mali: six morts dans l'attaque d'un convoi". Le Figaro (in French). 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "Axe Tombouctou-Goundam: Embuscade contre l'Armee". Bamada. January 18, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ "Nord du Mali : embuscade contre l'armée malienne ce matin entre Goundam et Tonka". malijet.com. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ Zonebourse (2016-01-15). "Une attaque contre un convoi fait six morts dans le nord du Mali - 15/01/2016 | Zonebourse". www.zonebourse.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "Près de Goundam, entre Zenzene et Wanna (4 articles de 4 sources différentes) - Tamoudre: Touaregs, vie et survie". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "Au moins sept morts vendredi dans deux attaques dans le nord et le centre du Mali". Maliactu. January 15, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.