2015 in Mali

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2015
in
Mali

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The following is a list of events that occurred in 2015 in Mali.

Events

January

  • January 4 - A vehicle carrying United Nations peacekeepers hits a roadside bomb in northern Mali injuring six soldiers.[1]

March

  • March 7 - A suspected terrorist attack in Bamako kills five people.[2]
  • March 8 - A rocket and shelling attack in Kidal, northern Mali kills three people, including a UN peacekeeper.[3]

August

  • August 7 - Gunmen storm the Hotel Byblos in Sévaré and take hostages. Three hostages were killed as well as five soldiers and the four suspected Islamist militants. according to government spokesman Choguel Kokala Maiga.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Six U.N. peacekeepers wounded by roadside bomb in north Mali". 4 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Report: Jihadist group says it carried out attack that killed five at Mali bar". 7 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ^ "UN peacekeeper killed in attack in Mali's Kidal". 8 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ^ "At least 12 dead in Mali hotel attack as hostage-taking ends". BBC. AFP/Reuters. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.