Reuters ZB / THO
The Malian army announced that a military unit was ambushed, on Sunday evening, in the Boni region near the town of Downza, in the center of the country, resulting in the injury of 7 soldiers, 4 of them seriously.
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The statement added that the soldiers were able to eliminate 4 members of the armed group that attacked the military unit.
Mali is suffering from an escalation of violence in the north and center, as extremist groups loyal to “Al Qaeda” and “ISIS” control large areas of it.
Militant groups launch occasional attacks on security forces, UN peacekeepers and civilians in the region, as well as fuel ethnic conflict between farming communities such as the Dogons and Fulani cattle herders.
Source: “Sputnik” + RT
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