6 French soldiers injured in Mali

SANAA, Jan. 9 (YPA) – At least six French soldiers were injured after being targeted by a car bomb in Mali, the French armed forces command said Friday evening.

A suicide car bomb attack injured six French soldiers in the southern region of Gourma , the BFM TV reported, citing  The Ministry of the Armed Forces said.

The attacker attacked a number of Soldiers of the French “Barkhane” force who were conducting a joint operation with Malian forces, but  the French soldiers intercepted him and shoot him before blowing himself up in the car.

Last week, the French Ministry announced the death of two soldiers in a bomb blast targeting a military vehicle of the French military force in Mali.

In August 2014, France launched a military operation in the African Sahel region known as Operation Barkhane. Some 4,000 French troops are deployed in five Sahel countries: Mali, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Niger.

E.M