Al-Qaida affiliate attacks Mali army bases as junta struggles to contain jihadist threat
by Eromo Egbejule West Africa correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6XPH0)
Attack in Timbuktu comes as Islamist group JNIM claims separate assault near border with Burkina Faso
An al-Qaida-linked group has launched an assault on a Malian army base in Timbuktu, according to military sources and local officials, a day after it claimed responsibility for another attack near the border with Burkina Faso.
The terrorists arrived today in Timbuktu with a vehicle packed with explosives," a local official told Agence France-Presse. The vehicle exploded near the [military] camp. Shooting is currently continuing."
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