Amakuru atangazwa n'umusirikare mukuru wa leta y'igihugu cya Mali, aravuga ko umwe mu basirikare babo hamwe na mubyara we, ku cyumweru tariki ya 25 Nzeri 2016, bishwe n'abarwanyi bo mu mutwe w'iterabwoba w'abajihadisite.

Abicanyi bageze mu mujyi i Tombouctou bari mu modoka aho bageze ahatuye uyu musirikare baramuhitana we na mubyara we bakoresheje imbunda yo mu bwoko bwa Pisitori.

Kuva mu kwezi kwa werurwe na mata 2012, amajyaruguru y'igihugu cya Mali yigaruriwe n'imitwe y'abarwanyi b'abajihadisite bakorana bya hafi n'abarwanyi bo mu mutwe wa Al-Qaïda.