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, the army said in a statement on Sunday.

"Around 3:00 p.m., 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.