at the wabaria bridge however, fighting resumes in the morning. at 4 am, shortly before dawn, sporadic gunfire took place between the jihadists and the french soldiers supported by helicopters. residents are also starting to leave their homes to cheer on the soldiers. some islamist fighters take advantage of the crowd to hide themselves and approach the french, they are nevertheless recognized and reported by malian civilians. they try to retreat into the wild, but they are spotted around 7 o'clock. the belligerents oppose in a brief exchange of fire and the four jihadists are all mown down by machine-gun fire. around 9 am, another pickup loaded with explosive and driven by two suicide bombers, dark on the french troops, but it is also destroyed by machine gun by the soldiers of the special forces. around 12:30, five jihadist pickups arrive near the wabaria bridge. they are however spotted and a sniper opens fire with two bullets. one of them touches a supply of ammunition in the back of a vehicle, causing a strong explosion. ten islamist fighters then abandon their pickups and retreat. the fugitives are hunted for nearly four hours, the french open fire with a machine gun, a mortar and even a tiger helicopter, but the jihadists manage to escape, only two of them are wounded by a sniper.