Gunmen attacked a checkpoint southwest
of the Malian town of Timbuktu on Tuesday night killing three soldiers
and wounded two others.
A soldier in the town said on condition of anonymity on Wednesday that the attack took place at Lere, a town near the border with Mauritania.
A Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed the toll but gave no further details about where or how the attack
occurred.
Mali is facing a growing threat from militant groups including al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that have staged a series of high profile raids in recent months with numerous attacks on army and UN Nations personnel.
Source:The Nation
A soldier in the town said on condition of anonymity on Wednesday that the attack took place at Lere, a town near the border with Mauritania.
A Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed the toll but gave no further details about where or how the attack
occurred.
Mali is facing a growing threat from militant groups including al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that have staged a series of high profile raids in recent months with numerous attacks on army and UN Nations personnel.
Source:The Nation
No comments:
Post a Comment