27 soldiers killed, 33 injured in central Mali attack

SANAA, March 05 (YPA) – A militant attack on an army base in central Mali on Friday killed at least 27 soldiers and wounded 33 more, the government said.

Seven soldiers are still missing following the complex attack in the rural commune of Mondoro, which involved car bombs, according to a government statement.

Seventy “terrorists” were killed in the military’s response, the statement said, without specifying which militant group was responsible.

Mali has been facing an Islamist insurgency since al Qaeda-linked militants seized its desert north in 2012, forcing former colonial power France to intervene to drive them back the following year.

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