Ed Joyce is relishing the task ahead with the start of his first full season as Sussex captain just days away.

The 34-year-old Ireland batsman took on the role in July last year after Michael Yardy stood aside.
Joyce told BBC Sussex: "Doing three months last year was handy because people know the way I work.
"There is a lot to take on and a lot of responsibility, but I am not going to change the person I am or the way I did things last year."
Yardy took over as captain at Hove in 2009, leading the side to the Twenty20 Cup and the Pro 40 title in that season, but stood down last summer to concentrate on his own game following a well publicised battle against depression, which led to him taking two spells out of the game in 2011.
I'll be missing games through being away with Ireland. It was important that whoever would be vice-captain would be someone I know well and have a good working relationship with
Joyce acknowledged that following Yardy and his predecessor Chris Adams, who spent 11 years leading the side, is a big challenge.
"It's a bit daunting as you've had Chris Adams and Mike Yardy who've done the job over more than a decade between the two of them and it's probably been Sussex's most successful period. There's quite a lot to live up to," he said.
"Robbo [Sussex cricket manager Mark Robinson] has been there through the whole thing and I'm confident we've got a good feeling and good group of people to continue that success.
"I can't wait to get started, get into that first game and get going. I'll try to lead by example and play well myself."
Chris Nash has stepped into the role of vice-captain, a decision Joyce says was important as he will miss part of the season on international duty at the ICC Champions Trophy.
"I'll be missing games through being away with Ireland - three Championship games and a couple of YB40s - so it was important that whoever would be vice-captain and then captain in those games would be someone I know well and have a good working relationship with.
"Nashy is certainly that. I have opened with him and roomed with him for the last three or four years and we get on very well.
"We have the same values and ideas about the way the game should be played. I'd like it to be as seamless as possible when I go and he comes in," said Joyce.
"He could be a captain of the future and I am sure he will do a fine job. He has become one of the best county players around.
"He opens in all formats of the game and I think his game should benefit from the extra responsibility."
One further change for Joyce, who moved to Sussex from Middlesex at the end of 2008, will see him switch from opening the batting with Nash to number four in the order.
"We've changed it around a bit because Murray Goodwin went," he explained. "Luke Wells will open with Chris Nash and Mike Yardy will go at three.
"I have always batted in the middle order, especially when I was at Middlesex and I had success. We thought I should go down and bat in Murray Goodwin's position.
"Yards was very vocal in wanting to bat at number three. That's where he's had most of his success at Sussex, so I was happy to let him do that.
"Luke Wells is more than happy to open as that's what he's always done as a youth player. He's only batted at three for us here.
"We felt it was the right thing to do, especially with Rory Hamilton-Brown and Luke Wright, when he's back, at five and six. It's good to have someone at number four who bats differently to them."
Joyce admitted the onus was on the senior pros in the batting line-up to contribute plenty of runs.
"Myself, Nashy and Yards need to perform. If we don't we'll probably struggle a bit, but that is the way it is," he added.
*Listen to commentary on every county match this summer via the BBC Sport website.


A new ombudsman's office for investigating complaints about public services opens on Friday.

The Office of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman has a bigger remit than its predecessor and will publish reports in the public interest.
The ombudsman will investigate complaints about health, housing, local government and education sectors.
However, the public can now also complain to the ombudsman about the Audit Office and Assembly Commission.
The new ombudsman, Marie Anderson, will be able to publish investigation reports in the public interest, and investigate complaints about social work decisions and about maladministration by Stormont departments in commercial and contractual matters.
"From October we will be investigating complaints about universities and colleges and from April of next year we'll be investigating complaints about schools," Ms Anderson said.
"We will be the ombudsman with the greatest powers in the UK and Ireland."


British stars Russell Knox and Danny Willett provided a timely boost for European golf with their exploits in Shanghai last week.

Knox, who triumphed in the World Golf Championships HSBC Champions, and Yorkshireman Willett, who shot a final-round 62, could both figure in the continent's defence of the Ryder Cup next year.
European Tour membership is now on Knox's mind because the American-based Scot has to join to become eligible for captain Darren Clarke's team.
Willett, meanwhile, has breathed new life into the Race to Dubai with his share of third place in China. He remains in Shanghai this week, knowing a top-25 finish at the BMW Masters would enable him to overtake Rory McIlroy at the top of the standings.
This sets up perfectly the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai the following week.
It is a scenario new European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley would want as he seeks to reinvigorate the Wentworth-based circuit.
Pelley is considering changes to the membership criteria to ensure the Tour attracts as many top names as possible. One idea is a restructure that would allow members to compete in only five regular tour events per season.
Currently, they are required to play in 13 with the four majors and four WGCs counting in that total. This works for players in the world's top 50 because they are guaranteed entry into the elite eight tournaments.
For the likes of Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell and Luke Donald, who are based in the United States but are no longer in the top 50, it becomes more difficult to satisfy the joint demands of the PGA and European Tours.
Knox was in a similar position until his maiden Tour victory in China on Sunday. It was arguably Scottish golf's biggest individual win since Paul Lawrie's Open triumph in 1999 and propelled the Inverness man firmly into the world's top 50.
The 30-year-old can now look forward to a Masters debut and entry into the game's most important events.
He remains firmly committed to American ways and the former Jacksonville University student, who still resides in the Florida city, intends to stay Stateside for the rest of his life.
However he also harbours ambitions to play for the continent of his birth. "Absolutely, what an honour it would be to represent Europe in the Ryder Cup," Knox told BBC Sport.
"It was kind of close but wasn't really close until this win happened, so I'll definitely have to sit back and look at all my options."
The prospect of making an Augusta debut next April has also been on the Scotsman's mind and, by his own admission, almost to a destructive degree in China last Sunday.
"It's amazing and actually I thought about that on one hole," he said.
"And I yelled at myself 'stop it, stop it, stop thinking about it.' I mean I've never been to the Masters and it'll be a massive dream come true to play there."
One of Willett's fondest memories is the arrival of his first Masters invitation at the start of this year. He greeted his postman with gleeful pride when the envelope was delivered.
Now he is thrilled to have consolidated his position among the game's top names with sustained excellence in 2015. This was his second top-three finish since winning the European Masters the week after finishing sixth at The Open at St Andrews in July.
By competing this week and then in the season finale in Dubai, Willett is playing four straight tournaments in an effort to land the title that reflects performances over a 12-month period.
"You keep working hard every day, every hour," Willett told me. "This proves what I did with scheduling and how I've planned the year has come through.
"We planned it so I had a good break in the middle of the season when the Ryder Cup qualifying points just started. A lot of people suggested I could fall a long way behind but that wasn't really on my mind.
"It was to try to prepare well so that we were fresh to be able to do five out of six weeks now."
Willett trails McIlroy by only 74,214 points heading into the final two tournaments on the European schedule.
Pelley and his management team will try to exploit the fact that the Race to Dubai is being contested by young and vibrant talent.
It plays into the psyche of the Canadian who took over George O'Grady's Wentworth office three months ago. Players, officials and sponsors have been impressed by the energy Pelley has brought to the role.
The European Tour boss, along with the new R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers, projected a fresher and more dynamic image when they appeared at last week's HSBC Golf Business Forum in Shanghai.
Slumbers talked of making the game more accessible at all levels, while Pelley was in bullish mood discussing the prospects of his tour.
"I believe that we are incredibly healthy right now," he said.  "And we only have one way to go and that's up."
These are laudable sentiments but words have to be backed up by actions. In that regard, the likes of Knox and Willett provide an inspiring example.


A nurse found guilty of murdering two patients at the hospital where he worked has launched an appeal against his convictions.

Victorino Chua, 49, was convicted of poisoning patients at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, and jailed for a minimum of 35 years in May.
Chua killed Tracey Arden, 44, and Derek Weaver, 83, by injecting insulin into saline bags and ampoules, a jury ruled.
His legal team CM Solicitors said he "maintained his innocence".
Chua was jailed for life for the offences committed in June and July 2011.
Chua was cleared of murdering 71-year-old Arnold Lancaster but convicted of poisoning him.
In all, Chua was convicted of two murders, 22 counts of attempted grievous bodily harm, one count of grievous bodily harm, seven attempts of administering poison and one count of administering poison.
He received 25 life sentences in total.


It's Back to the Future Day - the date Marty and Doc crashed the future in the second of the three time-hopping sci-fi adventure films.

The sequel was released in November 1989.
And watching it back nearly 26 years later, it's impressive to note how many tech trends it predicted, even if it also contained its fair share of misfires.
"Where we're going, we don't need roads..." - well, that's one promise that didn't work out.
Flying cars have always seemed to be just over the horizon. Boston-based Terrafugia, for example, promised to start selling a model in 2012, but is still trying to get its business off the ground.
But while BTTF was overly optimistic about vertical take-offs becoming the norm, it did nail one detail.
Listen to the sound effects used for its automobiles as they pass, and you hear the near-silent hum that's become associated with Toyota's Prius and other electric-powered four-wheelers.
Throwing your rubbish into a car's Mr Fusion energy converter to provide it with power remains fanciful.
But there have been moves towards powering vehicles with waste.
Bristol and Bath recently started running buses powered by treated thrown-away food and sewage, and there are efforts elsewhere to convert agricultural waste into a petrol supplement.
Furthermore, Biff's payment of his taxi ride with a thumb-print isn't totally dissimilar to how we now hail cars and cashlessly pay for them using Uber, Hailo, Lyft and innumerable other pick-up services.
Even the film's iconic hoverboard chase scene is no longer totally outlandish.
Lexus showed off a working hoverboard of its own in August, albeit one that relied on a hidden metal track being buried into the ground. More recently, skateboarder Tony Hawk was filmed trying out a rival version, called Hendo, based on similar magnet-based technology.
(The less said about non-hovering hoverboards the better.)
Barcode registration plates, however, have made little progress beyond the odd April fool.
The tech world's current fascination with wearable tech was foreshadowed by Marty's talking jacket.
And while today's clothes can't yet blow-dry us when we get wet, some fashion pioneers are experimenting with weaving electronics into their fabrics.
So, BTTF's message-flashing police hats have a parallel in CuteCircuit's tweet-displaying dresses, and Nike has even filed a patent for self-lacing shoes similar to those featured in the film.
When it comes to our own bodily care, we can't yet exfoliate away the years with a Doc-style "rejuvenation clinic" facial.
But the 6.7 million botox injections and 1.2 million chemical peels carried out in the US last year suggest many are at least trying.
BTTF's drones may only make fleeting appearances, but feel very "of the moment".
Media organisations, including the BBC, have started deploying camera-enabled aircraft to get new perspectives on the news - even if they might not be comfortable sending them into the kind of crowded situation USA Today's model films in the movie.
Dog-walking drones are also a real thing - at least if you believe everything you see on Vimeo and YouTube.
Another type of robot featured in the film is a mechanical car fuel attendant.
The Netherlands has already tested such a device a few years back, with the TankPitstop project, and Tesla is developing something similar for its electric vehicles.
We've, thankfully, been spared Holomax sequels to Jaws.
But the film industry hasn't given up on the idea of 3D technologies - its latest pitch is a laser-projection system said to deliver "brighter, crisper and clearer" images.
Rather neatly, the innovation premiered in London earlier this month with Robert Zemeckis' latest film The Walk - he is, of course, also the director of the BTTF trilogy.
Back to the Future II was closer to the mark when it came to home entertainment.
A roll-up flatscreen shown in the McFlys' home is reminiscent of the flexible panels LG recently showed off at trade shows, which are rumoured to be featuring in commercial products soon.
Meanwhile, voice-controlled televisions are already a reality thanks to smart TVs from Samsung and Sony as well as set-top boxes from Amazon and Apple.
We get little hint at what Marty Jr sees via his hi-tech specs in the film, and their brand, JVC, is a much smaller force in consumer electronics than it once was.
But several of today's bigger names are betting on various forms of the tech, whether it's Microsoft's Hololens, Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset or version two of Google Glass.
The film's biggest miss, however, is arguably its lack of a smartphone.
Marty Jr is even seen using an AT&T payphone at one point - all the more ironic since the company was first to offer the iPhone.
It's not that BTTF's filmmakers didn't envision a data-connected world - a Skype-like video chat program features at one point showing off not only the caller but also private details about them - but repeatedly communication occurs via a TV rather than a handheld display.
Likewise, it's hard not to feel the film missed a trick by using a newspaper to warn of Marty Jr's impending arrest, instead of a touchscreen.
Stanley Kubrick's 2001 - released two decades earlier - had already featured its own "newspads".
And a campaigner trying to restore Hill Valley's clock tower even seems to be using a tablet in one of Back to the Future II's other scenes.
It's hard to be too critical, however, when you consider that the World Wide Web was only invented the same year that the film was released, and Tim Berners-Lee did not create its first browser until the following year.
That might explain why CD-Roms and their larger counterparts Laser Discs feature so prominently in piles of rubbish.
Similarly, in an age before email even got its name, it's perhaps not surprising that the film's futurists imagined we would want to fax from the pavement.
But even that does not quite explain why the McFlys' home has quite so many fax machines.
Computer-controlled ovens are still a relative rarity - although a robotic chef was indeed one of the highlights of a recent start-up showcase in San Francisco.
Sadly, pizza hydrators are still the stuff of pepperoni-fuelled dreams - and selfie-taking fridges have proved to be scant compensation.
BTTF does score a hit with computer-controlled door locks - Yale was the latest to release such a product earlier this month.
But the idea of an Ortho-lev machine holding George McFly upside down seems like a rush of blood to the writers' heads - until you realise it was only included in the movie to disguise the fact that a different actor was portraying the character than in the first film.


More than 1,500 tax workers in Northern Ireland are to strike on Thursday in a dispute over job cuts.

The walkout forms part of a week of rolling strikes throughout the UK affecting HM Revenue and Customs.
The Public and Commercial Services union said years of successive job cuts had left the organisation unable to cope.
The union said there were also plans to close a number of offices, including some in Northern Ireland.
There is currently an ongoing consultation about the closure of the Newry office and both Foyle House in Derry and Abbey House in Enniskillen are partially closed.
A number of enquiry centres will also close on 30 June.
The union said HMRC was continuing to close more of its offices - including all 281 walk-in tax enquiry centres, with a further 23 large sites across the UK facing imminent closure - and is planning to privatise more of its debt collection and post handling.
It also said the HMRC was making more than 2,000 fixed-term workers compulsory redundant despite its own business planning revealing a huge staffing shortfall.
The union claimed the cuts have led to delays on telephone lines and huge backlogs of post.
It said private debt collectors have also had to be brought in to chase up tax credits overpayments.
The union said it was also considering other shorter duration walkouts and "good work strikes" to highlight the gaps in services, as well as other forms of industrial action.
The action comes as the union is holding a national consultative ballot of all its quarter of a million civil and public service members with a view to taking part in joint union industrial action over pay, expected to start in July.
Barney Lawn, from the Public and Commercial Services union, said: "Members are extremely angry that staffing numbers in HMRC have fallen from 104,000 in 2005 to a projected 60,000 next year.
"The latest plans to sack another 22,000 on top of this will lead to the kind of backlogs we've seen in other parts of the civil service, such as the delays in the processing of passports, leading to an unacceptable level of customer service and further hardship for our undervalued, overworked and underpaid members."


Campaigners fear some town and village greens could be under threat, after a Supreme Court ruling last month stripped two open spaces of their official status.

Curtis Fields in Weymouth, Dorset, and Clayton Fields in West Yorkshire were both taken off the village green list after the court found problems with the way they were registered.
The ruling presents no immediate threat to the traditional English greens of popular imagination - many with cricket pitches, oak trees and country pubs.
Most of these classic and quintessentially English spaces were registered long before 1970 when the rules changed.
However, the judgement might affect those greens added more recently.
Many wouldn't fit the traditional image of a town green at all. Some are open fields at the back of housing estates, others are scrappy bits of land on the side of railway tracks.
But if local people can show that they have been using this land continuously over the past 20 years, then they have the opportunity to register the land as an official "green". This offers the highest protection against development.
House builders say some campaign groups have been using the process simply to thwart builders.
"It's not an epidemic but there have been a significant number of groups abusing the legislation merely to stop development on that site," said Andrew Whitaker, of the Home Builders Federation.
After intensive lobbying by the house-building industry, the law was changed last year.
The regulations were significantly tightened so that an attempt to register a green cannot be considered when somebody has made a planning application, or a local development plan is being produced.
That was a setback for the Open Spaces Society, which has been trying to protect greens for almost 150 years.
"We are now being squeezed on both sides," said Kate Ashbrook, who runs the society.
"The government is squeezing us by saying land under planning threat cannot be registered. But the Supreme Court is also saying that you might be able to de-register a green that's already on the list."
The battle over Curtis Fields in Weymouth has been going on for several years.
It was registered as a town green in 2001, and then bought by local house-builder Betterment Properties in 2005.
Its status has been the subject of numerous court cases ending with the Supreme Court ruling which went against local campaigners.
Gill Taylor, of the Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis, which took the case to the Supreme Court, said: "I was really disappointed not only for our green but for greens across the country and for other pieces of land that are based on a registration, because it makes you wonder what the value of registration is."
She says the developer will now be able to decide what happens to the land.
Betterment Properties confirmed that it wanted to build 180 houses on part of the area over the next five or six years.
The business says it spent more than Â£1m on the legal case, and is now keen to see an end to years of delay.
"This was just an open field and has been described as the biggest dogs' toilet in the town," said Betterment chairman Mervyn Stewksbury.
"The residents of Weymouth will not lose.
"Instead of having rough fields with grass two foot high, they will have beautifully cut lawns with large open spaces so I can guarantee at the end people will say, 'Yes this is much better than we had before.'"
The recent Supreme Court case may provide some encouragement to house builders in other parts of the country, where village green status is being questioned.
But the long legal dispute also shows how hard a community will battle for the right to call its space a "green".


Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to hold further talks to quell tensions over the building of a new dam on the Blue Nile, their foreign ministers say.

Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom said the two nations have chosen to swim rather than sink together, AFP news agency reports.
He met his Egyptian counterpart Kamel Amr after Egypt opposed Ethiopia's plans for a hydroelectric dam.
Egypt is worried that the dam will reduce the water supply vital for its 84 million people.
Last week, Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi said he did not want war but he would not allow Egypt's water supply to be endangered by the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Mr Morsi said he was keeping "all options open".
Previous statements about the dam had been made "in the heat of the moment", Mr Amr said, at a joint press conference with Mr Tedros in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, AFP reports.
"We are embarking on a period of mutual cooperation," Mr Amr is quoted by Bloomberg news agency as saying.
"We're looking to the future and I think the future will be very good for both of us."
In a joint statement, Mr Amr and Mr Tedros said that relations between Egypt and Ethiopia remained "brotherly" and talks to assess the impact of the dam would continue.
"We have two options, either to swim or sink together. I think Ethiopia  chooses, and so does Egypt, to swim together," Mr Tedros said, AFP reports.
Mr Amr said Sudan would also be involved in the talks.
"[We agreed to] ask for further studies to ascertain the effects of the dam, not only the safety of the dam, the environmental effects, but also the  effects of the dam on the downstream countries," he added, AFP reports.
Ethiopia's parliament ratified a controversial treaty last week to replace colonial-era agreements that gave Egypt and Sudan the biggest share of the Nile's water.
The treaty had earlier been signed by five other Nile-basin countries - Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Burundi.
It is intended to replace the 1929 treaty written by Britain that awarded Egypt veto power over any project involving the Nile by upstream countries.
Ethiopia says the $4.7bn (Â£3.1bn) dam will eventually provide 6,000 megawatts of power.
Egypt was apparently caught by surprise when Ethiopia started diverting the Blue Nile - a tributary of the Nile - last month.
Addis Ababa says the river will be slightly diverted but will then be able to follow its natural course.
Mr Morsi said Egypt had no objection to projects in Nile basin states "on condition that those projects do not affect or damage Egypt's legal and historical rights".
Earlier this month Egyptian politicians were inadvertently heard on live TV proposing military action over the dam.


Mae pryder nad yw teuluoedd yn cael yr hawl i herio casgliadau adroddiadau sy'n cael eu cynnal ar ôl i blentyn farw neu gael ei anafu'n ddifrifol wedi esgeulustod neu gamdriniaeth.

Daw hyn ar ôl i'r Comisiynydd Plant, Sally Holland glywed profiadau nifer sydd wedi cysylltu â'i swyddfa - yn eu plith Nick Smith o Lanllyfni, Dyffryn Nantlle, tad bachgen dwyflwydd fu farw wrth law ei fam yn 2010.
Roedd Melanie Stevens, cyn-bartner Nick Smith wedi mygu Izaak, a'i hanner brawd, Phillip, yn eu cartref yn Nhrawsfynydd, cyn lladd ei hun ddyddiau cyn y Nadolig.
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n dweud bod barn y teulu'n bwysig iawn yn y broses o gynnal Adolygiad Ymarfer Plant, a bod datblygu hyfforddiant i'r byrddau sy'n cynnal adolygiadau yn parhau.
Pwrpas Adolygiad Ymarfer Plant yw ymchwilio i waith asiantaethau statudol mewn achosion o'r fath, a dysgu gwersi er mwyn atal trychinebau yn y dyfodol.
Ond mewn llythyr at Lywodraeth Cymru, mae'r  Comisiynydd yn galw am newid y drefn er mwyn galluogi teuluoedd i herio canfyddiadau'r adroddiad, neu gyfrannu at eiriad y ddogfen a'i argymhellion.
Roedd Melanie Stevens a Nick Smith wedi gwahanu ac yn anghydweld am ofal Izaak.
Lladdodd ei hun a'i phlant ar y diwrnod roedd Mr Smith i fod i gasglu Izaak er mwyn iddo dreulio'r noson gydag e am y tro cyntaf.
Dywedodd: "Doeddwn i ddim yn synnu. Roedd yn sioc enfawr, ges i fy nhrawmateiddio, roedd fy mywyd wedi newid am byth, ond allai ddim dweud fy mod yn synnu."
Yn Hydref 2011, bu Adolygiad Annibynnol Achos Difrifol i farwolaeth y bechgyn gan Fwrdd Diogelu Plant Gwynedd a Môn.
Roedd asiantaethau'n cynnwys gwasanaethau cymdeithasol ac iechyd, yr awdurdod lleol a'r corff sy'n gwarchod plant, Cafcass Cymru wedi ymwneud â'r teulu dros sawl blwyddyn.
Daeth yr adroddiad i'r casgliad mai ychydig y gellid fod wedi'i wneud i arbed eu bywydau ac mai'r unig ffordd o amddiffyn Izaak a Phillip fyddai eu tynnu o ofal eu mam, ond nid oedd sail dros wneud hynny.
Ond mae Mr Smith yn credu y dylid fod wedi gwneud mwy.
Roedd eisoes wedi codi pryderon gyda'r awdurdodau am iechyd meddwl Ms Stevens ar ôl iddi fygwth niweidio'i hun a Phillip, a gofynnodd i'r gwasanaethau cymdeithasol gynnal cyfarfod penodol i'r teulu.
Chafodd dim ei wneud.
Mae'r adroddiad yn cydnabod nad oedd pryderon Mr Smith wedi eu cymryd yn ddigon difrifol, a thynnodd sylw at nifer o wersi i'w dysgu.
Cafodd 10 argymhelliad eu cyflwyno er mwyn gwella'r ffordd roedd yr asiantaethau'n cydweithio.
Un o'r rhai fu'n cynorthwyo Mr Smith oedd Alun Ffred Jones, cyn aelod cynulliad Arfon a chadeirydd presennol Plaid Cymru.
Dywedodd ei fod wedi ysgrifennu at y cyn ddirprwy weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, Gwenda Thomas am bryderon Mr Smith ynglyn â chanfyddiadau'r adolygiad.
"Mae'n amlwg bod 'na wendidau sylfaenol achos yr atgof sy' gen i o'r ymatebion gafon ni oedd bod pob drws jyst yn cau," meddai.
"'Na, Na, Na' gan bobl dwi'n 'nabod a dwi wedi parchu - ond dyna oedd y drefn."
"Mi ofynnes i'r gweinidog ar y pryd wrth gwrs i ymyrryd ac mi ddywedodd hi nad oedd ganddi ddim hawl i ymyrryd - ond nonsens 'di hynny, dyna oedd yn amlwg y feddylfryd o fewn y gwasanaethau."
Mae Mr Jones yn galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i fod yn fwy "agored" a "thryloyw" a "rhoi mwy o hawliau" i'r teuluoedd sydd wedi eu heffeithio, a gwneud hynny ar "fyrder".
"Mewn achosion eithriadol o ddifrifol 'efo canlyniadau erchyll fel yr achos yma fydde chi'n disgwyl mwy o hyblygrwydd a fydde chi'n disgwyl y fydde'r drefn sydd wedi ei sefydlu gan y llywodraeth yn caniatáu'r hyblygrwydd yna ac i rywun sydd yn sefyllfa Nick i o leia' allu cael y wybodaeth gyflawn a gallu o leia' trafod yr hyn ddigwyddodd i weld a oedd hynny'n briodol er mwyn dysgu gwersi."
Yn 2013 cafodd y broses o gynnal Adolygiadau Achosion Difrifol eu disodli gan Adolygiadau Ymarfer Plant ond yn ôl Sally Holland dydy'r system newydd ddim yn caniatáu atebolrwydd.
"Dwi am weld teuluoedd yn rhan o'r broses adolygu, yn aml nhw fydd yn cynrychioli llais y plentyn felly mae'n bwysig bod y broses yma'n un sensitif a bod y teuluoedd yma'n teimlo bod eu lleisiau'n cael eu clywed," meddai.
"Dydw i ddim wedi gweld unrhyw welliannau yn yr amser mae'n cymryd i gyflawni'r adolygiadau yma a does dim unrhyw fodd o gwyno neu godi pryder os yw'r adolygiad yn cymryd yn hirach na chwe mis - hyd adolygiad arferol."
Mae hi hefyd yn poeni nad ydy'r byrddau - sy'n gyfrifol am gynnal yr Adolygiadau Ymarfer Plant - yn atebol i unrhyw un neu unrhyw gorff arall.
Un awgrym gan Sally Holland oedd y gallai Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru edrych ar gwynion yn erbyn y byrddau.
Doedd yr ombwdsmon, Nick Bennett ddim wedi gallu cynorthwyo Mr Smith pan gysylltodd â'i swyddfa gan nad oedd rheolaeth ganddo dros y byrddau.
Mae'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol wrthi'n ystyried ymestyn pwerau'r ombwdsmon.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Bwrdd Diogelu Gogledd Cymru nad oedd am wneud sylw am yr achos "gan mai corff arall...oedd yn gyfrifol amdano".
Ond mae'r bwrdd yn dweud bod y fframwaith newydd ar gyfer adolygu achosion o'r fath yn gwella atebolrwydd yr holl asiantaethau dan sylw.


The UK's biggest bank, HSBC, plans to impose a global freeze on pay and hiring in 2016, sources have said.

An email was sent to staff on Friday outlining the measures as part of the bank's cost-cutting drive.
A source confirmed the email's contents to the BBC after it was first reported by Reuters.
"As flagged in our investor update we have targeted significant cost reductions by the end of 2017," they said.
In June, London-based HSBC outlined to investors that it would slash $5bn (Â£3.5bn) in costs by 2017.
The bank said at the time that it planned to cut 8,000 of its 48,000 workforce in the UK, and axe 25,000 jobs globally. The UK workforce has since gone down to 45,000.
HSBC also said in June that it would shrink its investment bank by a third in response to sluggish economic growth and tighter global regulation of banking risk.
The banking giant is also considering moving its global headquarters away from London.
Meanwhile, HSBC said its UK internet and mobile banking services had "fully recovered" late on Friday after suffering a cyber attack.


Suzi Ruffell is a British actress and comedian, and one of the ways she stays bodypositive is by taking the mick out of her own life.

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Her comedy is all about how she spent far too long making people want to like her as well as dealing with a mother that doesn't have a filter.
For this funny woman, seeing the funny side of being an occasional outsider is the best medicine.
Even though she goes on tour with some of the UK's best comedy acts, she says it's still OK to have nerves when you have to meet new people.
Having low self-esteem is part of who she is, she still has days when she has to work a little bit harder on her confidence, but now she's taking the UK comedy scene by storm.
Find out more about Suzi here.
Now we'd like to hear from you. Join in and post your stories and videos on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter - and you can get in touch by emailing us at bodypositive@bbc.co.uk.
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Brentford midfielder Lewis Macleod will require reconstructive knee surgery and has been ruled out for the season.

The 22-year-old will have an operation in two weeks, which is expected to sideline him for nine months.
Brentford have not disclosed the full details of the injury, which was sustained during their victory against QPR on Friday.
Macleod was stretchered off in the 87th minute of Brentford's 2-0 win at Loftus Road, having come on as a substitute.
The former Scotland Under-21 international was previously ruled out for a year because of various injuries after he joined the Championship club from Rangers in January 2015.


A man is in a critical condition after being found unconscious along with two others in Belfast City Centre.

The men were found on Saturday night just before 21:00 GMT on Donegall Pass.
They were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. PSNI said on social media that the men collapsed after a "suspected overdose".
The Belfast Trust said one of the men is critical and being treated in the Royal Victoria Hospital's intensive care unit.
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said it received a report of three men unconscious after taking a substance.
Police said they assisted paramedics provided emergency first aid to the three men.
"This clearly could have had dire consequences for those involved," they said.


Maria Sharapova's sponsors have given a mixed response to her two year ban for failing a drugs test.

The Russian tennis player was handed the ban on Wednesday after testing positive for the prohibited drug meldonium earlier this year.
The sports firm, Nike, the racket manufacturer, Head, and bottled water company, Evian have all said they will stand by her.
Car manufacturer, Porsche said it would wait to see the outcome of her appeal.
The Swiss watchmaker, Tag Heuer cut ties with her in March but said it did not rule out working with her in the future.
Cosmetic brand Avon is severing all ties with Sharapova, but insisted it had nothing to do with the ban, saying it was a "limited engagement".
An independent tribunal appointed by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) found the tennis star had not intentionally taken a banned drug but it said she bore a degree of fault and had been taking meldonium to enhance her performance.
She is appealing against the ban.
Following Sharapova's admission in March that she had tested positive for meldonium, a heart disease drug which has only been a banned substance since 1 January 2016, Nike had initially suspended its relationship with her, saying it would monitor the investigation.
But on Wednesday the company said: "The ITF Tribunal has found that Maria did not intentionally break its rules.
"Maria has always made her position clear, has apologised for her mistake and is now appealing the length of the ban.
"Based on the decision of the ITF and their factual findings, we hope to see Maria back on court and will continue to partner with her."
Maria Sharapova's relationship with Nike dates back to when she was 11 years old.
In 2010, she signed a new eight-year contract with the US sportswear giant worth $70m (Â£49m) as well as a cut on sales of her own branded clothes.
Head has supported Sharapova throughout and issued a strongly-worded statement.
It said the decision to ban meldonium was not based upon "extensive clinical testing" and that it was "evident that WADA [the World Anti-Doping Agency] banned meldonium based upon the amount of athletes using meldonium rather than any scientific evidence".
"We believe, based on the facts and circumstances provided to us, that this is a flawed decision. HEAD will continue to stand by Miss Sharapova," the statement from its chairman Johan Eliasch said.
Evian said given the contravention was not intentional it "has decided to maintain its long-lasting relationship with the champion".
On Thursday, Jean-Claude Biver, chief executive of TAG Heuer, said: "We now have some time and as she is suspended for two years we are not in a hurry anymore to sign a new contract today or this month.
"We will see later what we are going to do," he added.
Carmaker Porsche said in a statement on Thursday: "We have taken note of the recent International Tennis Federation (ITF) ruling in the case of Maria Sharapova  and are especially aware that it was decided that she was not accused of intentionally violating the World Anti-Doping-Code.
"As Maria will appeal the decision, we will continue to keep all activities with her on hold until the final judgement has been reached."
Forbes estimates that she earned Â£21.9m last year, with only her rival Serena Williams earning more amongst female athletes. However, it predicts her earnings are going to plummet over the next 12 months.
The five-time Grand Slam champion said she had been taking meldonium since 2006 for health issues but said she did not realise it had been added to the banned list as she knew it by another name - mildronate.
She said that, since the tribunal had concluded that her offence was "unintentional" that she thought the ban was "unfairly harsh" and would therefore appeal.


Councillors in Dundee and Clackmannanshire have approved council tax rises.

Councillors in Stirling voted to freeze the basic rate of council tax for another year.
Clackmannanshire councillors approved a 3% council tax rise during a budget meeting that saw the Labour administration resign.
The council tax will rise by 2.5% in Dundee, an increase of Â£30 a year for a Band D property.
Stirling residents whose homes are in property bands E, F, G or H will still see their bills rise as a result of national changes.
Perth and Kinross councillors voted for a 2% rise on Thursday.
The council tax will rise by 3% in Falkirk, an increase of Â£32 a year for a Band D property, following another vote on Thursday.
Scotland's 32 local authorities are deciding their council tax rates following a nine-year-long national council tax freeze.


Bydd Geraint Thomas yn parhau i wisgo'r crys melyn fel arweinydd y Tour de France ddydd Mawrth wedi iddo orffen yn wythfed yn nhrydydd cymal y ras.

Mae'r Cymro wedi ymestyn ei fantais ar y brig i 12 eiliad.
Peter Sagan o Slofacia oedd yn fuddugol ddydd Llun, ond dim ond dwy eiliad y tu ôl iddo oedd Thomas.
Roedd y ddau ymysg llond llaw o seiclwyr oedd wedi llwyddo i aros ar y blaen ar gymal oedd â diwedd anodd yn dringo i gymuned Longwy.
Llwyddodd cyd-seiclwr Thomas gyda Team Sky, Chris Froome, i orffen yn yr un grŵp, gan olygu ei fod yn codi i'r ail safle yn y ras.
Bydd y pedwerydd cymal ddydd Mawrth yn gweld y seiclwyr yn teithio 207.5 cilomedr o Mondorf-les-Bains yn Lwcsembwrg i Vittel yng ngogledd-ddwyrain Ffrainc.
Thomas fydd y ffefryn i aros mewn melyn, gyda disgwyl i'r cymal orffen gyda sbrint o'r peloton.
1. Geraint Thomas (Prydain/Team Sky) 10:53'10"
2. Chris Froome (Prydain/Team Sky) +12 eiliad
3. Michael Matthews (Awstralia/Sunweb) +12 eiliad
4. Peter Sagan (Slofacia/Bora-Hansgrohe) +13 eiliad
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norwy/Dimension Data) +16 eiliad


A 17-year-old boy has died after being stabbed in south London following a spate of knife attacks.

The youngster was found with stab wounds on the Moorlands Estate, Brixton, at about 17:50 GMT on Friday and died on the way to hospital.
It followed the stabbing of another boy hours earlier in nearby West Norwood which left the victim critically hurt.
Police are examining whether the attacks were linked to five separate stabbings on 25 February.
It means there have been a total of seven knife attacks all within a small geographical area.
Details of the five stabbings last weekend have only just been released.
Referring to the fatal stabbing, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said it is believed the victim was with a friend when he was chased by two young men and attacked.
Commander David Zinzan, in charge of policing in south-east London, said: "Following the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in Brixton and other serious stabbings in Lambeth borough in the last few days, police have increased patrols.
"Extra officers have been drafted in to reassure and protect the public, and to act as a strong deterrent to anyone thinking of committing further violence in the aftermath of these incidents.
"Our priority is to bring to justice those responsible, and to prevent any further incidents in the coming days and weeks."
Cindy Butts, a community leader who advises police, said: "This is a time when people should be binding together and supporting one another in the community.
"People should also be supporting the police's efforts to apprehend the people responsible and bring them to justice.
"We need to restore a sense of peace and order on the streets."
Nick Mason, chairman of the Lambeth Independent Advisory Group, said: "In the last few days we have seen the tragic loss of a young person's life and other incidents in which other young people have been seriously injured.
"Serious youth violence and knife crime has a significant impact on young people, their families, schools and the wider community.
"This is not just a problem for police - we all have a responsibility to reduce serious violence in our communities."


The government has produced tables showing how much business rates would rise or fall in the coming year, broken down by region of the country and type of business.

The claim: The government's figures on business rates are misleading because they exclude inflation and an appeals adjustment.
Reality Check verdict: The figures do exclude both those things, but government publications specify that they do. The government's figures are for the situation after any appeals have been completed, so they depend on how accurately it has predicted their outcome.
The overall effect of all the changes comes to zero, which means that the policy is revenue neutral.
But there is a key caveat at the bottom of the table, which is that the figures are: "Before inflation and the adjustment to the multiplier for future appeal outcomes."
The inflation part is widely known. The measure of inflation used will become CPI (Consumer Price Index) instead of RPI (Retail Price Index), which will usually mean the increase is smaller, but that change will not happen until 2020. Increasing rates for RPI will add about 2% per year.
But the other part is a bit more complicated - it is the adjustment required to make sure that the changes in rates are revenue neutral even after some businesses have appealed against the rated value of their premises and won.
Analysis from the property consultants Gerald Eve suggested that the adjustment would be between four and five percentage points. They did that by working out how much business rates would change across the country to find out what adjustment would then be needed to make the policy revenue neutral again.
They add that including both the inflation and the appeals adjustment means that business rates will fall in 135 of the 326 local authorities in England, not 259 as the government claimed.
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has strongly disputed suggestions that it has misled people with its figures, but has not disputed the suggestion that the appeals adjustment is between four and five percentage points.
Speaking on the Today Programme, Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen said he thought the figures provided, "might not be giving the picture that businesses in the real world are going to get when they get their bills".
This is certainly true. The DCLG has been clear that its figures are before inflation and the appeals adjustment.
The government's figures are for the situation after any appeals have been completed, so they depend on how accurately it has predicted their outcome.
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We knew the NHS was under intense pressure - we now know what the latest impact is on the budgets of some of the largest health boards in Wales.

For those who follow developments more closely, we knew there were particular problems in four out of the seven Welsh boards.
The largest, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board which covers north Wales, is already under the direct control of the Welsh Government.
Cardiff and Vale, ABMU in Swansea and Bridgend, and Hywel Dda in the west are also facing an elevated level of monitoring because of concerns about a number of areas, including budgets.
Behind the scenes, it was known that balancing the books in these three health boards over a three-year cycle was not going to be possible.
One of the main reasons is that it has proved impossible for any of them to hit the level of savings they have to make every year.
The 'no bail-out' message from the Welsh Government is a reflection of the frustration felt at the highest level over consistency.
The feeling is if three can manage it then why is it not possible for the other four.
The backdrop is also the attempt to prevent Welsh Government budgets being overwhelmed by the scale of health spending that many say will be required in future.
The big question is whether there is sufficient low-hanging fruit to prevent services being cut in order to balance the books.
ABMU, and others, are focusing on a recruitment campaign to cut down on the cost of using agency staff.
It is also trying to cut down on waste. Last year it says it had to destroy medication worth an eye-catching Â£4m after it ended up being stockpiled in the homes of people on repeat prescriptions.
No one will argue with these but they are unlikely to have an immediate impact.
The way the health boards respond to emergency surgery is also locked in. so the suspicion is the impact will be felt most heavily on waiting times for planned surgery.
The Health Secretary Vaughan Gething was circumspect on Good Morning Wales on Radio Wales earlier when he said he was "pretty certain" that would not happen.
Later on he clearly felt more confident when he told BBC Wales he did not feel it would make any difference.
The tone taken by the Welsh Government is interesting in how it breaks from the past when explicit criticism of health boards appeared off limits.
It will be fascinating to see whether this approach continues if the finances deteriorate even further.


Colchester chairman Robbie Cowling says he thought they had "weathered the storm" after three poor campaigns before League One relegation this term.

The U's finished 20th, 16th and 19th in the three seasons prior to being relegated by Burton on Saturday.
"If you take the three seasons before, I expected there was a good chance we might get relegated," said Cowling.
"But to be honest, I thought we'd weathered the storm and this season we could come into it and do better."
He added to BBC Essex: "I thought there was enough there to do that, which is why I perhaps feel quite disappointed with what's gone this year."
After Tony Humes left the club in November, Kevin Keen became manager on 21 December, but had to wait until 1 March for his first league win, a result which ended a 19-game winless run.
Cowling has come in for criticism for focusing too much on youth, with four of their starting XI against Burton having come through the club's academy.
"Overall, I'm really proud of a lot of things that have gone on at Colchester United and our youth policy is something we should all be very, very proud of," said Cowling.
"Looking out on the pitch (against Burton), some of the players that kept going until the end were the ones we've produced.
"But half the squad aren't home produced, and we've got to look at how we get better at recruitment. That's my responsibility."
Cowling added that he is determined to take a longer-term approach.
He said: "Sometimes as a chairman I've got different choices. Do we just want to well for the short term or do we want to do good the long term?
"If the things I'm trying to put in place don't bear fruit for many years to come but do in the long run, I'm going to do that.
"Sometimes I can think 'let's go on a joyride and do well with a few quid', but I'm not interested in that. I'm interested in investing the money to do good with the club."


The number of unexpected patient deaths reported by England's mental health trusts has risen by almost 50% in three years, figures suggest.

The findings, for the BBC's Panorama programme, are based on FOI results from half of mental health trusts.
Unexpected deaths include death by suicide, neglect and misadventure.
The Department of Health said the increase was "expected" because of changes to the way deaths were recorded and investigated.
NHS England said the suicide rate among people in mental health services had fallen, by more than 30% since 2004.
Thirty-three mental health trusts - which provide most mental health care - out of a total of 57 in England responded to the Panorama Freedom of Information request.
In 2012-13, the trusts reported a total of 2,067 unexpected deaths.
By 2015-16 that had risen to 3,160.
The increase comes at a time of decreased funding for mental health trusts, which provide the bulk of mental health care in England.
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The death of Leo Jacobs was one of those classed as an "unexpected death".
Leo, who had schizophrenia, was 39 when he died of a suspected accidental overdose at his flat.
Leo's mother, Sheila Preston, said "I begged the trust to help him but they thought he was living well - he was managing but I knew that he wasn't.
"I knew that he was going to get iller and iller and iller. And he died and when they came to tell me I was not surprised. I was expecting it.
"The idea that people would be better living in the community is a very good idea - but the support is not there to help them maintain their health."
Leo was a patient at Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust where Sheila is a lay governor.
"I know, I know, that my son and I know that people in the trust, good people in the trust, know that my son could've been saved."
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has recently been removed from special measures despite concerns over high numbers of patient deaths.
It redesigned its services in 2013 after substantial cuts to its funding.
Its chief executive Michael Scott said: "Five years ago before I joined the trust, the trust was under financial pressure, there's no doubt about that, and it had to respond to that financial pressure by changing the way it ran its services.
"And my personal view is I think mistakes were made in that period."
He said of the trust "we're on a journey of improvement".
"What the facts actually show is that one of the reasons that those numbers [unexpected deaths] are changing is that we are providing more services than we ever did before.
"We've acknowledged that people are dying, what's important is that we understand the causes."
Anita Charlesworth, economist at the Health Foundation, said mental health trusts were receiving a falling share of funding.
"The NHS has not set out to cut mental health services but as they've got rising patient demand elsewhere, they've had to look for cuts to make up that budget shortfall and often it is mental health services that have borne the brunt of those."
Almost every mental health trust in the country is currently in the process of redesigning its services and restructuring is under way across England as part of 44 STPs or Sustainability and Transformation Plans.
But there is concern about what those redesigns will mean for care.
The President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Sir Simon Wessely, has concerns that services may be about to get worse.
"I've been in meetings with chief executives and chairs of trusts who are openly talking about that they'll have to decommission services next year," he said.
"What is I think tragic is that it's the time when we have been promised increased funding and there is no doubt that this is not yet getting to where it is intended."
Marjorie Wallace, from the mental health charity Sane, said she was shocked by the rise in unexpected deaths.
She said: "We are particularly concerned because these are the most vulnerable people that we have entrusted into the care of mental health services and they are so often being failed - both them and their families."
A Department of Health spokesman said: "This increase in the number of deaths is to be expected because the NHS is very deliberately improving the way such events are recorded and investigated following past failings.
"From April all NHS trusts will be required to publish both numbers of avoidable deaths and how they are improving care.
"We also dispute the funding figures used in this programme - just this year, mental health spending by Clinical Commissioning Groups has gone up by £342m, which is on top of an extra £1.4bn allocated in this Parliament."
An NHS spokesperson, said: "The statistics on suicide are clear: for the last decade the suicide rate amongst people in mental health services has been falling, by more than 30% since 2004, most clearly in inpatient services and more recently in community services.
"We do not believe that the figures obtained by the BBC reflects the national data most recently published, which suggests that their figures are incomplete and misleading."


Public health experts are continuing to warn residents to keep doors and windows closed due to an ongoing fire at a recycling centre in Bridgend.

About 3,000 tonnes of wood chips caught fire early on Monday at South Wales Wood Recycling in Coity.
The Food Standards Agency said "food produce affected by ash or fallout should be washed or peeled before use".
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has spent five days at the scene.
A fire service spokesperson said crews had made more progress in reducing the quantity of stacked materials and continued to damp down burning wood.
Public Health Wales said: "When the smoke passes or dissipates, doors and windows should be re-opened to air homes and properties."
The fire involved a stack of wood chips about 15m (49ft) high.
The service asked people in the area to keep doors and windows closed and turn ventilation systems off to minimise their exposure.
An investigation into the cause is ongoing.


An officer who was hit by a stolen car as he tried to stop it getting away has died from his injuries more than three years later, police said.

PC Gareth Browning was on foot in Whitley, Reading, in November 2013 when he was hit by a black Mazda driven by Luke Hayward.
Hayward was jailed for nine years in 2014 for causing grievous bodily harm with intent and dangerous driving.
PC Browning, who was medically retired, died on Saturday aged 36.
Thames Valley Police said following PC Browning's death it would liaise with the coroner and Crown Prosecution Service.
Chief Constable Francis Habgood described his former officer as "hugely respected".
He said he had needed "constant care" following the crash.
"Our thoughts are with Gareth's family, friends and colleagues at this difficult time," he added.
"We continue to support Gareth's family as well as staff and officers who have been affected."


Great Britain Taekwondo selectors know they face a "tough decision" when they choose between Damon Sansum and Lutalo Muhammad for the 2016 Olympics.

Muhammad secured Britain a -80kg berth for Rio with victory in the World Taekwondo Grand Final on Sunday.
Sansum won a world silver medal in May but lost to Muhammad in October.
"Lutalo has done an exceptional job but Damon has also done an exceptional job in winning the world silver medal," said GB performance director Gary Hall.
"It is a tough decision and it is such a shame that we are not able to select them both. But we are building a programme in Manchester which is designed to make these kinds of decisions possible."
Muhammad did not go to the World Championships because of a knee injury.
"I have had my challenges this year but I have come back to book the spot for GB," said the 24-year-old.
He and Sansum, 28, will find out before June who has been selected.
Muhammad was controversially chosen ahead of then world number one Aaron Cook for London 2012.
His selection was approved by the British Olympic Association after a bitter legal battle and he went on to secure bronze.
Cook, 24, subsequently defected to fight for Moldova and lost out to Muhammad in Sunday's final in Mexico City.


At least 17 people, including eight civilians, have been killed in an attack by rebels in northern Mali, officials say.

The head of the mission, known as Minusma, called the killings in the town of Kidal a "barbaric crime".
Saturday's fighting broke out between the army and Tuareg rebels during a visit by Prime Minister Moussa Mara.
In 2012 a Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali triggered a military coup and an Islamist takeover of the region.
Civilian rule was re-established in 2013, but Islamist and separatist forces remain active in some areas.
During Saturday's fighting the rebels captured the local governor's office, seizing 28 people.
Minusma head Albert Koenders called for an inquiry into the attack.
Earlier, Mr Mara said his government was now "at war" with the separatists.
The army said eight soldiers and 28 rebels were killed in Saturday's fighting, but the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) rebels denied losing any fighters.
Officials say that a Senegalese peacekeeper was also killed.
Malian Defence Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga has said reinforcements were being sent to Kidal.
"We will double our troops on the ground if necessary," AFP news agency quoted him as saying.
The rebels are from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA).
The United Nations is attempting to negotiate a truce between the Malian army and Tuareg rebels.


Victoria Azarenka expects British number one Johanna Konta to provide a severe test when they meet at the Miami Open on Wednesday.

Azarenka is the WTA Tour's form player after her Indian Wells win, but Konta is rising fast through the rankings.
They meet for the second time, after the Belarusian retired at a set down in Wuhan last September.
"It was difficult to consider that a full match since I didn't feel physically well," said Azarenka.
"But it's really impressive to see how much she improved over the last couple months."
Their quarter-final is scheduled for the evening session in Miami.
Azarenka, ranked eighth, beat world number one Serena Williams to win in Indian Wells earlier this month, and looks to be back to the form that won her two Australian Open titles, before two injury-hit years.
However, Konta is on the verge of a place in the top 20 having been ranked 151st in the world this time last year.
"She obviously had some great results, playing with a lot of confidence," added Azarenka. "She has a very solid game, big serve.
"I'm just looking forward to that challenge. I think for me it's going to be our first meeting, but I'm looking forward to that."
Konta, 24, is the first British woman to reach the last eight in Key Biscayne and would break the top 20 if she reaches the final.
"It will be an incredibly tough battle," said the world number 23.
"Azarenka has had an incredible season so far. I'm going to have to really run down every ball, fight every single point and we'll see what the day will hold."


Scientists in Japan have developed a type of ultra-hard glass.

The new material is thin as well as hard and is made using alumina, an oxide of aluminium.
If successfully commercialised, it could increase the durability of glass used in the windows of buildings, cars and in smartphone displays.
The team from the University of Tokyo and Japan's Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute have published their findings in Scientific Reports journal.
The material belongs to a category known as oxide glasses, which mainly consist of silicon dioxide - but with their strength boosted by alumina.
However, attempts to increase the amount of alumina have faltered in the past because it would cause the mixture to crystallise when it came into contact with the sides of its container, preventing a useful glass from being formed.
Atsunobu Masuno from the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo and colleagues used oxygen gas to push the ingredients into the air and then used lasers to melt them.
The resultant glass was colourless, transparent and extremely hard. A property called Young's modulus, which is an indicator of stiffness, was greater than that of some metals, and on its way to values associated with steel.
Another mechanical property, called Vickers hardness, was comparable with the highest values previously reported for oxide glasses.
"We will establish a way to mass-produce the new material shortly," Dr Masuno told the Asahi Shinbun newspaper. "We are looking to commercialise the technique within five years."


A council chief executive is to get a 20% pay rise because he is "grossly underpaid", councillors have been told.

Clive Wright earns about £100,000 a year as Conservative-led Shropshire Council's top official.
The council's leader told the 2016-7 budget meeting, at which a 4% council tax increase was agreed, the rise would be performance-related.
Although budget plans, including the rise, were made public last week, it was not discussed at the meeting.
Lib Dem leader Roger Evans, who voted against the budget plans, said he would have supported a "small rise" but had been given "no justification" for how the council had arrived at the 20% increase.
He said "the first he knew" about the rise was from local media. He said there were two paragraphs relating to the pay rise in the council's budget agenda.
Councillors approved the 2016-17 budget and agreed to "further develop" proposals for 2017-18 and 2018-19 at Thursday's meeting. The council tax rise means a £46 annual increase for a Band D property.
The authority has already made £40m of cuts over the past financial year.
Mr Evans said: "I'm surprised members weren't informed about it within the budget proposals at the meeting.
"The chief executive works hard and, when compared to other local authorities, he may well not be paid the same.
"But given the constraints Shropshire Council is running on and the budget cuts over the next two years... the Tories are talking about shutting swimming pools and leisure centres to balance the budget... I just plead to the public that I did not vote for it."
Mr Wright's salary is 55% lower than that of his predecessor, because of changes to the council's pay scale.
Council leader Malcolm Pate said the chief executive's salary would still be below average despite the increase and the authoority would not be able to fill the vacancy if he left.
He said it was important "to have the right person" running the council and the increase left him "still nearly 20% below the lowest paid county chief executive in the country".


Thousands of Scots face unfair working practices which leave them in "desperate and miserable situations", according to a report.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) said its service saw more than 46,500 instances of unfair treatment at work last year.
This was an increase of 5.5% on the previous year.
It cited examples of unfair dismissal, non-payment of wages, cancellation of holidays, bullying and racism.
CAS said it had been told by many workers that they would like to take their case to tribunals but could not afford to do so.
Its report, called Fair Enough?, sets out issues in detail and suggests solutions "to make Scotland's workplaces fairer".
Recommendations include removing Employment Tribunal fees, and creating a new statutory Employment Commission to oversee the enforcement of employment law and promote fair employment.
•Employees who were not paid at all by their employers - in one case for six months' full-time work
•Clients who were unfairly denied sick pay when seriously ill
•Employers refusing to allow employees to take paid holiday
•Women who were dismissed when they became pregnant
•Migrant workers who were exploited and made to work excessive hours
•Clients who could not afford the fees for an Employment Tribunal claim
The report is being sent to government ministers, MPs and MSPs.
It is part of a wider CAS campaign which aims to highlight unfair employment practices and remind workers of their rights.
CAS spokesman Rob Gowans said: "We know that many Scots who are unemployed face severe hardship. But many who do have jobs are living on low incomes and also facing extremely unfair conditions at work.
"The evidence we present today is a snapshot of the kind of employment cases we see.
"Of course it's important to say that most employers are fair and treat their staff well.
"But sadly it's clear that there are many rogue employers in Scotland, and also that the system is in many ways stacked against workers who want to challenge unfairness at work."
He added: "Some of the unfair employment practices we see put workers in difficult, complex and miserable situations.
"In exposing these today we want to raise awareness of these problems, but also to argue the case for change."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "Employment law is reserved to the UK government.
"While the vast majority of employers in Scotland are lawful and exercise a duty of care to their employees, there are unfortunately people who flout the law.
"The Scottish government fully recognises the importance of making workplaces fairer.
"We have announced our intention to set up a Fair Work Convention to encourage government, employers, trade unions and employees to work together to establish progressive workplace practices, boost innovation and productivity.
"We are also considering the implications of the new powers around tribunals that are being transferred as part of the Smith process."


Saudi Arabia's new king has announced a major cabinet reshuffle that puts in place a new generation to succeed him.

King Salman has appointed his nephew, the powerful Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, as crown prince.
The king's son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has been made deputy crown prince and the foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, has been replaced.
King Salman, 78, acceded to the throne in January after the death of his half-brother Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.
Abdullah, who was thought to be aged about 90, had been on the throne since 2005 and Saudi Arabia's de facto leader for 10 years before that.
The BBC's Kim Ghattas, who was recently in Riyadh, says this latest reshuffle shows King Salman is firmly turning the page on the era of his predecessor.
He has pushed aside allies of the late monarch such as his half-brother Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz, who until Wednesday was crown prince.
The rise of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, 55, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the defence minister believed to be in his early 30s, means that for the first time a grandson of the kingdom's founder, King Abdul Aziz, is in line to rule.
Both men will continue in their ministerial roles.
The appointment of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef as crown prince and deputy premier is likely to be welcomed by the United States, with whom he has a close relationship, our correspondent says.
The kingdom's veteran security chief, he is known for his strong stance against jihadist militants and narrowly survived an assassination attempt by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber in 2009.
The new Deputy Crown Prince and Second Deputy Premier, Mohammed bin Salman, has enjoyed a meteoric rise within the Saudi leadership.
He was appointed defence minister in January, and in the last month has been overseeing a military operation by a Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
King Salman has employed a more assertive, muscular foreign policy to push back against Saudi Arabia's regional rival Iran, our correspondent says. These new appointments reinforce that trend, she notes.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef
Analysis: King Salman breaks with tradition
A royal decree announced the reshuffle, and said Prince Saud al-Faisal, who has been in post for almost four decades, had "asked to be relieved from his duties due to his health condition".
The 75 year old will be replaced by the Saudi ambassador to the US, Adel al-Jubeir, whose appointment is a rarity because such a position normally goes to a member of the royal family.
Meanwhile, the most senior woman in the Saudi government, Nora al-Fayez, has been removed as deputy education minister for girls, a post she had held since 2009.
She had sought to introduce sports programmes for girls in state-run schools, something opposed by religious conservatives.


Irish police have arrested a man after finding a body in County Wicklow during a search for a missing woman.

Anne Shortall, 47, has been missing since Friday, 3 April.
A 38-year-old man was arrested after a body was found on Tuesday in Ashford.
He has been detained at Wicklow Garda Station.


French Rapper Mokobe has filled venues from Dunkirk to Dakar, but he has never forgotten his roots in the banlieue - the multi-ethnic hinterland of France's cities.

On the day he agreed to meet us in a shisha bar in Paris, Mokobe comes late. He has gone to support families in Montreuil, an eastern suburb of the capital where reports of paedophilia at a pre-school have caused alarm among African migrants.
Moboke uses his celebrity status to raise awareness of issues that are often overlooked. "It's silly to denounce injustice from a studio without talking to people," he says.
The 40-year-old calls himself "100% banlieue".
One of 15 children of a Malian-Mauritanian mother and Malian-Senegalese father, he was born as Mokobe Traore on a housing estate in Vitry-sur-Seine, south-east of Paris.
Go-getters in the ghetto
His fond memories of growing up there belie the common image of the banlieues as a high-rise wasteland.
"At first there were four of us in two bunk-beds in the bedroom," he says.  "Then we were five, then six.   That meant we could no longer shut the window."  When more children came they had to sleep in the living room.
"We used to tell each other stories at night," Mokobe recalls. "We had very little but learned to share and were happy," he says. "You get certain principles and certain values from living in that estate."
Mokobe has not always highlighted the bright side of living in a banlieue.
When he burst onto the rap scene in the 1990s, as part of the hip-hop trio 113, he expressed the frustration aspects of life there: "We were rebels. We made music to speak about our daily lives, about people like us, and to defend their cause."
The main problem with immigrant suburbs, he says, is a feeling of marginalisation. "Isolation can be stifling and lead to eruption. It's like a volcano full of lava. It gets very hot."
His lyrics have become less angry with age. As success led tours in France and abroad, the sense of being confined faded, and Mokobe's main themes became inclusiveness and openness to the world.
Mokobe's first solo album, Mon Afrique (My Africa) released in 2007, explored the complex, but ultimately enriching, cultural heritage of French children of African parents.
The main message behind his forthcoming album, On Est Ensemble (We Are Together), is all in the title, he says: "Regardless of your origins, your culture, your social class, whatever happens, we all live on the same planet. We don't have a choice."
This simple idea, Mokobe believes, has been undermined by social media. Nowadays people are all too aware of faraway events that divide us, he says.
He contrasts this with the small world of his old housing estate, where isolation had at least the virtue of breeding togetherness. "Blacks, Arabs, Chinese - we were all in it together," he says.
Brotherhood is one of the values the rapper promotes on his regular visits to banlieues. In schools also lectures children on the need to pay attention in class - particularly in English lessons which he himself neglected as a boy.
Even after travelling 20 times to the US over the years and playing in San Francisco, New York and many places in between, he says he is "hopeless" at English.
"When I performed at the BET [Black Entertainment Television] Awards in Los Angeles in 2011 I was completely lost," he smiles.
But his main message to banlieue children is one of hope: "It's important not to give up, and to have faith in the future.  Childhood friends of mine have become lawyers and doctors.  Living in a housing estate does not seal your fate."


Hull FC have beaten off competition from a number of other Super League clubs to sign Great Britain and England forward Gareth Ellis.

Ellis, 30, has agreed to join the Black and Whites in November on a three-year deal from Australian side Wests Tigers.
The former Leeds Rhinos man announced in February that he would be returning to England for family reasons.
"He's possibly the biggest signing the club has ever made," director of rugby Shaun McRae told BBC Radio Humberside.
I said originally that I would maybe like to return to one of my old clubs or my home-town club Castleford but, when I looked at it and thought about it more, I realised I still really wanted to win things and achieve things and I really believe I can do that at Hull FC
"I'm delighted to say we've got his signature on a three-year contract.
"It's a clear sign of intent as to what this club wants to do and where we want to be."
"I still really want to win things and achieve things," said Ellis. "And I really believe I can do that at Hull FC.
"I was lucky to have a few clubs interested, but I've been listening to Hull and to the ambition they have got and the prospects they're trying to put in place for the future.
"And the bottom line for me was that it was a great time to be involved with Hull FC.
Leeds, St Helens and Huddersfield were all strongly linked with Ellis, who said only last year that he would eventually like to end his career back with boyhood heroes Castleford.
But, aside from any financial incentives offered by ambitious Hull, one factor for Ellis was that he has already worked with the Black and Whites' new coach Peter Gentle at Wests Tigers.
"I did a lot of research into the club and speaking to the likes of Peter, Adam Pearson and Shaun McRae, I really started to share their enthusiasm and I believe the club can be anything it wants to be.
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"I said originally that I would maybe like to return to one of my old clubs or my home-town club Castleford but when I looked at it and thought about it more, I realised I still really wanted to win things and achieve things and I really believe I can do that at Hull FC."
Gentle added: "If we're looking to take this club to another level, we need the addition of one or two class players to bring out the best of the talented squad we currently have in place. We have definitely achieved that with the signing of Gareth.
"It's not only about what he brings to the team on the pitch, but having a world class player interacting with our young squad members will have a significant influence on their development and will enhance the culture we have at this club."


Dozens of pirate DVD traders have been arrested in Kenya for selling banned copies of The Wolf of Wall Street, Kenya's film censors told the BBC.

Kenya Film Classification Board banned the Oscar-nominated film in January for its "extreme scenes of nudity, sex, debauchery, hedonism and cursing".
But many Kenyans have already watched it on pirated copies sold in small DVD shops for about $0.57 (Â£0.35).
Those arrested could face a fine of up to $1,160 or several years in jail.
The new Martin Scorsese film is about the stockbroker Jordan Belfort and his real-life rise and fall in the financial world of 1980s-90s New York.
Eva Mbuni, corporate communications officer at the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB), told the BBC that at least 30 traders had been arrested in less than a month as part of an ongoing crackdown on the distribution of restricted and unclassified films.
"We are doing this for the sake of our children and our women," Ms Mbuni said.
"What we are seeing is more and more films being produced portraying our women and children badly.
"Are we [only] showing them for sexual gratification?"
BBC Africa's Emmanuel Igunza says the back street sale of pirated DVDs is a thriving and lucrative business in major cities across Kenya.
Most of the traders due to be arraigned in court are from the capital, Nairobi, and Mombasa, Nakuru and Eldoret. They could be fined or be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison.
Film distributors and major cinema halls in Kenya have appealed against the decision to ban the Wolf of Wall Street, which has been nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards. Its lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio is up for the best actor award.
"The movie could have been allowed, if the distributors had edited out some of the parts we were uncomfortable with," said Ms Mbuni.
"But they refused our advisory to them and we had no choice."
KFCB is a government body charged with classifying films for public viewing and has powers to regulate the distribution of those it deems unfit.


Britain's ability to win future Paralympic wheelchair tennis medals is "at risk" after having its funding cut by UK Sport ahead of the Tokyo Games.

The sport received £1,925,270 for the Rio cycle and the team won six medals, including men's singles gold for Gordon Reid.
But UK Sport has decided that the sport should "fully self-fund" its world-class programme.
"The medal potential is not in question here," said a UK Sport statement.
"We are operating within such fine margins of investment that we need to scrutinise every investment proposal for evidence of financial need."
Elite wheelchair tennis in Britain is run by the Tennis Foundation charity, which works alongside the likes of the Lawn Tennis Association.
They say they are 'disappointed' by the UK Sport decision not to provide full funding to the programme.
UK Sport said that to "manage the transition" it will extend the current world class programme award to 30 June and has also agreed to provide Athlete Performance Awards to athletes for the Tokyo cycle, which the Tennis Foundation says accounts for around a quarter of their world-class programme costs.
But for subsequent cycles, the sport will need to finance their own performance strategy, which the Tennis Foundation says could affect their future medal chances.
"The decision to remove our core programme funding that we use to provide central support to the country's best wheelchair tennis players clearly puts at risk our ability to continue the progress that was made in Rio," said a statement.
"Our athletes won six medals (more than any other nation), including Gordon Reid's memorable gold medal in the men's singles event - success that has helped to inspire a record number of people to pick up a racquet and play wheelchair tennis across our network of venues."


Manager Brendan Rodgers says Celtic are "equally as happy" as Rosenborg following Wednesday's 0-0 draw in Glasgow.

The Norwegian side created more chances in the Champions League third qualifying first leg and host Celtic for the return game next Wednesday.
"We'll look forward to that when it comes," Rodgers told BBC Scotland.
"We know we can go there and win. We actually score more goals away from home."
Celtic comfortably beat Linfield over two legs in the previous round while Rosenborg overcame Dundalk.
But the Scottish champions lost Moussa Dembele to a lengthy injury, with fellow striker Leigh Griffiths suspended for the first leg and also carrying a knock.
Midfielder Tom Rogic and substitute winger Jonny Hayes were deployed in central forward roles at different times in the match but Kare Ingebrigtsen's side were largely untroubled.
James Forrest fired wide and Stuart Armstrong had an effort saved but Rosenborg had the better openings with Vegar Eggen Hedenstad and Matthias Vilhjalmsson denied by Craig Gordon and Yann-Erik de Lanlay and Nicklas Bendtner unable to convert good chances.
"Of course, you're a wee bit frustrated with the result but 0-0 in European football's never a bad result," Rodgers said.
"I was delighted with the players. Their control of the game was excellent, in particular first half.
"[Rosenborg are] halfway through their season and at a really good level of fitness and you could see that.
"[It's] important you don't concede. We didn't concede and now we know that they'll come out a little bit more in the second leg and we know we score goals away from home.
"Of course, they're a good side and you can see that. They had some chances as well but, for us, or course, you're frustrated you didn't get the win.
"Normally in these types of games, there's very few chances and you hope that you can take them but if you don't, what is equally important is that you don't concede.
"So, they'll be happy with zero-zero but we're equally as happy because we know that we can go there and score goals."
Asked about the striker shortage, Rodgers replied: "I can't think too much on it, we don't have one, simple as that. We need to worry about other ways in which we can find the solutions to scoring goals.
"We had enough pressure in and around the box.
"I don't know [if Griffiths will be fit for next week]. We'll see how he is over the next few days and we'll assess it from there."


Dozens of firefighters have been tackling a huge blaze at a snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding shop in Edinburgh.

The fire broke out at Boardwise on Lady Lawson Street at 23:38 on Thursday.
The flats above the shop were evacuated and a couple with their baby and an elderly woman were checked over by the ambulance service.
The fire was put out by 04:18 but fire engines remained at the scene.


Oxford United boss Michael Appleton has confessed he will never watch video of their latest EFL Trophy final defeat.

The Yellows lost 2-1 to Coventry City on Sunday, their second defeat at Wembley in successive seasons.
"I never watched the Barnsley game (in 2016) back," Appleton said. "I don't intend ever to look back at the game (this year), and I mean ever."
Oxford return to League One action on Wednesday at home to Fleetwood as they bid to creep into the play-off places.
"Bear in mind being injured and having to retire cost me 10 years of my career, Sunday was my worst moment in football," Appleton added.
"It's gone now, it's one we put in the history books and we move forward. It's about 18 points now and nothing else."
Oxford are seven points behind sixth-placed Southend United in the final play-off position with six games to play.
They face third-placed Fleetwood and then a trip to Walsall in the next four days.
"The next two games are huge," Appleton added. "If you're within four or five points going into the last three or four games, the pressure mounts on the teams above you."


Mae elusen ganser wedi dechrau ymgyrch i annog menywod yng Nghymru i gael prawf am ganser cêg y groth, yn dilyn cyhoeddi ffigyrau sy'n dangos bod y nifer sy'n cael prawf ar ei isa ers 10 mlynedd.

Mae ffigyrau Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru yn dangos bod 204,100 o fenywod rhwng 25-64 oed wedi cael prawf yn 2015-16, sef 77.8%. Dyna'r ffigwr isaf ers 2006-07.
Mae elusen Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust wedi rhybuddio y bydd bywydau'n "cael eu colli" os na fydd y ffigwr yn codi.
Er hynny, mae'r nifer sy'n cael prawf yng Nghymru yn uwch nag unman arall yn y DU.
Mae'r ffigyrau hefyd yn dweud bod 264,700 o fenywod wedi cael gwahoddiad am brawf yn 2015-16, sy'n golygu nad oedd 60,600 wedi cael y gwahoddiad.
Fe ddywed yr elusen bod hynny'n golygu bod un o bob pump o fenywod ddim yn cael y prawf allai achub eu bywydau.
Mae'r elusen felly'n galw ar y cyhoedd i'w cynorthwyo i godi ymwybyddiaeth o brofion canser y groth, a hynny ar ddechrau Wythnos Atal Canser y Groth ddydd Sul.
Dywedodd prif weithredwr elusen Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, Robert Music: "Mae gennym un o'r rhaglenni sgrinio gorau yn y byd sydd yn achub tua 5,000 o fywydau bob blwyddyn.
"Fodd bynnag, mewn cyfnod lle mae'r nifer sy'n mynd am brawf yng Nghymru ar ei isaf ers 10 mlynedd, rhaid i ni weld mwy o fuddsoddiad i dargedu ymgyrchoedd codi ymwybyddiaeth er mwyn annog menywod i dderbyn eu gwahoddiad am brawf.
"Mae sgrinio'r groth yn atal 70% o achosion canser y groth rhag datblygu, ac os na fyddwn yn blaenoriaethu hyn fe fydd mwy o fenywod yn wynebu'r gost corfforol a seicolegol o ganser y groth, ac fe fydd mwy o fywydau'n cael eu colli."
Dywedodd cyfarwyddwr rhaglen sgrinio Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru, Dr Rosemary Fox, ei bod hi'n "galonogol" bod wyth o bob 10 menyw yn mynd i gael eu prawf sgrinio, ond ychwanegodd: "Hoffwn annog menywod sydd ag amheuon am sgrinio'r groth, neu sy'n gweld hynny'n anodd, i beidio anwybyddu eu gwahoddiad sgrinio."


Islamist insurgents have attacked the Malian town of Nampala near the Mauritanian border, killing at least five people in a dawn raid.

Witnesses said the militants opened fire on soldiers after arriving in pick-up trucks. Other reports said they came on motorbikes and on foot.
One report said Malian soldiers fled the attack; another said troops fought back and clashes lasted several hours.
The militants have been fighting the Malian army for a number of years.
The latest phase of the insurgency began after a French-led military intervention in January 2013, aimed at driving out Islamist militants from towns they had seized in northern Mali and declared to be an "Islamic state".
The French military action dispersed but did not destroy the extremists and sporadic attacks have continued.
Nampala is about 550 kilometres (340 miles) north-east of the Malian capital, Bamako.
A defence ministry spokesman said the army had sent reinforcements to Nampala, following the latest attack.
There were conflicting reports on whether the militants had subsequently been expelled or were still present in the town.
The mayor of the neighbouring district of Diabaly, Oumar Diakite, said seven soldiers had been killed.
A military source at the United Nations mission in Mali put the number of deaths at five.
He said the identity of those killed had not been confirmed but "they were all wearing military fatigues".
The attack came less than a month after Mali confirmed it had freed four Islamist militants in exchange for the release of a French hostage, Serge Lazarevic.
Mr Lazarevic was seized by armed men in Mali in 2011 and had been the last French hostage in the region being held by al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Those released in the prisoner exchange included two Malian members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) who allegedly took part in Mr Lazarevic's abduction.
The other two militants released were believed to be a Tunisian and a man from Western Sahara.


British police may be sent to St Lucia to investigate the death of a luxury hotel owner after an inquest found he was unlawfully killed.

The body of Oliver Gobat, 38, was found in a burnt-out car on the Caribbean island in April last year.
He was reportedly shot and then set alight.
After the inquest in Woking delivered its verdict, The Foreign Office said it had been agreed in principle UK police could assist investigators in St Lucia.
Surrey Police said no request for assistance had yet been made.
Mr Gobat, known as Ollie, was born on the island but grew up in Surrey, where he played junior cricket at county level.
He and his two older brothers ran a five-star boutique hotel at an exclusive resort in St Lucia.
The Foreign Office said any assistance from UK forces would have to be funded by Caribbean authorities.
But, it said, no decision had been made to deploy police to St Lucia and it could not comment on cost details.
Surrey Police said it was aware of Mrs May's decision and would "carefully" consider any requests from St Lucia.


BHS could have saved more than £15m last year if there had not been a delay in the revaluation of business rates, according to new research.

It says business rates at 90% of BHS stores would have been cut, had the last revaluation gone ahead as planned.
Business rates are a tax based on property values, usually reviewed every five years.
Rates were revalued in England and Wales in 2010, but the government postponed the next review until 2017.
Colliers International, the commercial real estate agency and consultancy, said that with many of the valuations completed at the height of the property boom, many retailers have been paying higher rates than rents in parts of the UK.
Colliers believes BHS could have saved more than £15m per year - or £75m for the five-year business rates period - had the revaluation continued as planned.
John Webber, head of rating at Colliers International, said it was clear that business rates were a major factor in the stricken retailer's demise.
He said: "The government decision to delay the business rates revaluation in 2015 certainly had an impact on BHS. It's hard to know whether it was one of the final nails in the coffin, but clearly a £75m saving is a significant amount of money."
He added that regional rates had been kept unfairly high for too long. He said: "By delaying the revaluation, Middlesbrough has been forced to pay for Mayfair for far too long in terms of business rates."
BHS collapsed into administration two weeks ago with debts of £1.3bn.
It was sold for £1 by Sir Philip Green, the owner of Arcadia, 13 months ago.
BHS effectively ran out of cash after its new owners failed to secure more than £100m of funding for a turnaround plan. It also had a huge pension deficit to service.
The administrator Duff & Phelps has set a deadline of 17:00 on Tuesday for interested parties to submit their offers. They are thought to include Sports Direct and Ikea.


Anthony Crolla claimed the vacant WBO inter-continental lightweight title in impressive style by beating Gavin Rees over 12 rounds at the Bolton Arena.

Former WBA light-welterweight champion Rees was expected to bounce back from his
But despite the Welshman's trademark busy start and some late flurries, Crolla's accuracy clinched the upset.
The judges made it 115-113 and 116-113 to Crolla, with one scoring it 115-115.
Rees had hoped that victory over Crolla might pave the way for
But Rees' plans are now in tatters after the third defeat of his career against a domestic opponent he had been tipped to beat.
Instead it is Crolla who advanced his claims for a shot at Rees' Scottish stable-mate, although Burns  on 7 September in Glasgow and if he wins that could make a title defence at New York's famous Madison Square Garden.
Other champions include Cuba's Richard Abril, who has the WBA belt, and Miguel Vazquez, the IBF title holder.
Rees, a veteran at 33, was headlining the show at the USN Bolton Arena after  because of a hand injury sustained in training.
Manchester man Crolla came into the fight on the back of a great British battle with Liverpool's Derry Mathews - a former Rees conquest - which ended in a draw in March.
Rees was the busier man in the early rounds but little got through Crolla's tight defence and the Manchester fighter was able to catch Rees with some good shots as the Welshman came forward.
A clash of heads in the fourth saw Rees pick up a small cut in the corner of his left eye and Crolla upped the tempo in the fifth, pushing Rees back for the first time in the fight.
Rees responded in the sixth, getting through with some good combinations to the body of a man seven years his junior.
The ninth saw both men go toe-to-toe and Rees came off worst, dabbing away at a cut that another accidental clash of heads had opened above his right eye with Crolla's cut high on his head.
Rees seemed to touch down with his gloves in the 10th under pressure from Crolla but referee Phil Edwards ruled it a slip, although he did also issue a final warning to the Welshman for punching to the back of the head.
Both men raised themselves from their fatigue to treat the Bolton crowd to some big blows in the final round.
But despite the odd thumping connection from Rees it was Crolla who emerged with the biggest win of his career that takes his record to 26-4-1, while Rees slumps to 37-3-1.
Chief support to the Rees-Crolla fight in Bolton saw super-middleweight Paul Smith take on fellow Liverpudlian Tony Dodson for the vacant British title.
Dodson lost to Smith on an unanimous points decision when the pair met in a brutal encounter in March 2010, but had no more luck this time as Smith made off with the Lonsdale belt.
Smith was cut badly in their previous fight and suffered another nick near his left eye in the second round, but came back to drop Dodson early in the third with a short left and open up a more serious looking cut above his rival's right eye.
Dodson responded positively and continued to set the pace but Smith looked classy off the back foot, snaking out accurate left jabs and looking to double up with the hook.
But when the end came it was courtesy of a stunning right round the corner from Smith that caught his opponent flush on the chin. To his credit Dodson kept his feet but referee Richie Davies stepped in to end the contest in the sixth.
Earlier in Bolton, rising super-bantamweight talent Scott Quigg returned to action with an impressive third-round stoppage of William Prado, switching fluidly between head and body to send the Brazilian crashing to the canvas.
Next up for Quigg should be a clash with Yoandris Salinas, after the WBA ordered the pair to fight for the vacant title, and negotiations are underway for a possible fight in September.
Team GB's Olympic boxing captain at London 2012, Thomas Stalker, continued his career in the professional ranks by making short work of Gyula Vajda, knocking down the Hungarian three times on his way to a first-round win.
Elsewhere on the undercard, light-middleweight Brian Rose beat Alexey Ribchev comfortably on points after 10 rounds, while Carmarthen welterweight Dale Evans edged a six-rounder 58-57 against William Warburton.


A Dundee University professor has been chosen to lead the national committee advising the Scottish and UK governments and NHS on medical screening policy.

Prof Bob Steele has been appointed chairman of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).
The UK NSC advises Ministers and the health service in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Prof Steele said he was "honoured" to take up his new role.
The professor is one of the UK's leading authorities on cancer screening, which can detect the disease in its earliest stages.
His main interest is in colorectal cancer.
Prof Steele, who is head of cancer research at the university's school of medicine, said: "Screening is a vital component in our resources to tackle disease, and it is essential that it is employed responsibly by the NHS."


An international team of prosecutors looking into the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 is due to release its findings on Wednesday.

The Dutch-led team is gathering evidence for a possible criminal trial.
An earlier inquiry by the Dutch Safety Board concluded a Russian-made Buk missile hit the plane, without saying who fired it.
The Boeing 777 broke apart in midair flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. All 298 people on board were killed.
Prosecutors from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine are also part of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT).
Ukrainian government forces were involved in heavy fighting with pro-Russian separatists when the incident occurred on 17 July 2014.
Later, the European Union and US widened sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict.
A source in the prosecutor's office told the BBC they will pinpoint the launch site and identify the weapon. If they confirm what we already think we know, that a Buk missile was launched from inside territory controlled by the Russia-backed separatists, it will be difficult to deny their involvement.
We understand the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) is looking into a broad circle of suspects - at this stage they're unlikely to name names. This is a criminal investigation but the findings will undoubtedly have a political fallout. The extent of that will depend on the detail contained in this progress report.
There is a question of motivation - why are the criminal investigators releasing this information now? One Dutch diplomat told the BBC there was a suggestion during a meeting of representatives from the JIT member states in New York that this will open the door to suspects fearing for their lives - offering a window of opportunity to hand themselves in.
Many of the families are frustrated that, despite waiting two years, the investigators still can't tell them who did it. Hans de Borst, whose 17-year-old daughter Elsemiek was on board, says he's "not expecting miracles".
Barry Sweeney who lost his 28-year-old son Liam, told the BBC all he wants to know is "Why?".


Ireland prop Ruth O'Reilly has been ruled out for the rest of the Women's World Cup because of a back injury.

O'Reilly succumbed to the injury in Thursday's defeat by France, which ended Ireland's hopes of winning the tournament on home soil.
Ulster's Ilse Van Staden, who has won four caps, has been drafted into the squad as her replacement.
Ireland will take on Australia in a fifth-eighth place play-off game in Belfast on Tuesday.
The hosts will name their team to face Australia, who they beat in their opening pool game, on Monday afternoon.
A win at the Kingspan Stadium would leave Ireland in a play-off for fifth spot with either Canada or Wales.