Mali: Gunmen attack military camp near Mauritania border

"The army repelled the attackers who had entrenched themselves in the village," Maiga said.

[...] around 9 a.m. there were exchanges of fire between the army and the assailants in the streets of the village.

[...] a source in Mali's intelligence service, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the gunmen were Islamic militants from the Peul ethnic group and were linked to Ansar Dine, one of the groups that took control of northern Mali following a military coup in 2012.