Sévaré ambush
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| Sévaré ambush | |||||||
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| Part of Mali War | |||||||
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 Katiba Macina | |||||||
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5 killed 1 injured | None | ||||||
On May 29, 2016, Katiba Macina militants ambushed Togolese peacekeepers in MINUSMA near Sévaré, Mali. The attack was the first deadly attack against UN peacekeepers in Mopti Region during the Mali War, and the first major engagement involving Togolese peacekeepers during the war.
Katiba Macina formed in 2015 as Mopti Region's affiliate of Malian jihadist group Ansar Dine, that rebelled against the Malian government in the early years of the Mali War.[1] Prior to the attack, MINUSMA peacekeepers were conducting patrols around Mopti, which had recently seen deadly civil conflicts between herders and farmers.[2][3]