“The Malian government has sent reinforcement to the border town of Nampala, about 550 kilometres north of the capital, Bamako following a raid by Islamist militants on January 5, 2015 that led to the killing of at least five people. A military source at the United Nations mission in Mali put the number of deaths at five and said the identity of people killed had not been confirmed, stating that they were all ‘wearing military fatigues,’ BBC reported.”
Source: allAfrica.com: Mali – Islamist Militants Kill Five in Nampala