One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulo_Marer_hostage_rescue_attempt" id="mwAVk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt">failed attempt</a> to free a French hostage in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulo_Marer" id="mwAVo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bulo Marer">Bulo Marer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" id="mwAVs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>.