Goumakoura ambush

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]

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]