Four Malian soldiers and two civilians were killed and two Malian soldiers and two civilians were wounded in a terrorist attack in Mali's southeastern town of Tessit, Trend reports citing Xinhua.
"Around 3:00 p.m. (0300 GMT), the units of the Malian Armed Forces in Tessit reacted vigorously against a complex and coordinated attack by the Armed Terrorist Groups," the statement said.
During the fighting, the army killed five terrorists, the statement added.