Bamako affirms that it has “neutralized” fifty terrorists
MADRID, 8 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Malian transitional government reported this Thursday that at least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers have died in a double attack allegedly carried out by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (JNIM), a branch of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in Mali. .
According to a statement from the country’s Foreign Ministry, the jihadists have attacked a ship and an Armed Forces infrastructure located in the municipality of Bamba, in the Gao region, which is located in central Mali.
Furthermore, Bamako has indicated that there has been material damage and that they have proceeded to evacuate the wounded, while it has announced that “in response to this double attack, a combined air-land action” by the Armed Forces has “enabled the neutralization of around fifty of terrorists”.
“These attacks illustrate, once again, the barbarity and cowardice of terrorists who flee the offensive of the Malian Armed Forces and attack vulnerable civilian targets,” reads the letter, which reiterates the “unwavering commitment” of the transitional government. with “the eradication of terrorism, in all its forms.”
The transitional president, Assimi Goita, has declared a three-day national mourning, which begins at midnight this Friday, “in tribute to the civilian and military victims of the terrorist attack perpetrated against the ship ‘Timbuktu'”, therefore that flags will fly at half-mast on all public buildings.
Mali and the rest of the Sahel countries have experienced an upsurge in violence, both jihadist at the hands of groups linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, and intercommunity.
