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Fifteen gendarmes killed in another attack on Mali camp

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January 26, 2020
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London, Jan. 26, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Fifteen gendarmes, who are members of Mali’s security forces have been killed in another jihadist assault on Sunday at a camp in the centre of the country, military and local sources told AFP .

“At least 15 Malian militaries were killed Sunday in the Sokolo military camp during an attack by terrorists,” a Malian military source told AFP.

Fifteen gendarmes killed in another attack on Mali camp

A local lawmaker said all those killed were gendarmes, or paramilitary police officers, adding that he saw “two other bodies outside the camp.”

The terrorists arrived on motorcycles,” said the official, who asked not to be named for security reasons.

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“They were well-armed. They entered the Sokolo camp. They took away a lot of material”, he said, adding that other officers were able to leave the camp.

“It was complete chaos,” said a local humanitarian source who managed to enter the camp after the suspected jihadists had left.

“In the camp, we counted 15 military bodies. All the military material had been taken. It looked like the attackers knew what they were doing,” the source said.

Sokolo is located in central Segou region where jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda are known to operate.

Mali has been struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that erupted in the north in 2012 and has claimed thousands of military and civilian lives since.

Mali announced Wednesday it would hold legislative elections in late March after repeated postponements prompted by insecurity and political infighting.

Holding the elections was a key recommendation from crisis talks in December aimed at exploring non-military solutions to the worsening violence.

Despite some 4,500 French troops in the Sahel region, plus a 13,000-strong UN peacekeeping force in Mali, the conflict has engulfed the centre of the country and spread to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.

Local Malian troops are frequently attacked.

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  1. Exclusive: ECOWAS member states to abolish mobile roaming charges by March 2020 | Alternative Africa 27 January, 2020 at 00:06 Reply

    […] Fifteen gendarmes killed in another attack on Mali camp […]

  2. Millitants in Central Mali Set Jail Ablaze in Attack Killing Two 11 August, 2020 at 16:57 Reply

    […] attack followed a January 26 raid by al-Qaeda-linked militants on a military camp in central Mali, which killed 20 […]

  3. Millitants in Central Mali Set Jail Ablaze in Attack Killing Two | taktik(z) GDI (Government Defense Infrastructure) 11 August, 2020 at 20:29 Reply

    […] attack fol­lowed a January 26 raid by al-Qaeda-linked mil­i­tants on a mil­i­tary camp in cen­tral Mali, which killed 20 […]

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