At least Three soldiers of the Mali Armed Forces (FAMA) dead and two other soldiers and a civilian were injured in an ambush this Wednesday Security sources told EFE it was located north of Bamako, near the border with Mali and Mauritania.
Sources stated that the attack was carried out on a Mali Army patrol en route between the towns of Nara and Goumbou at around 4:30 p.m. local time, and that a soldier with the rank of colonel was among the dead. no group terrorist claimed responsibility for this attackhowever, in this border area of Mali with Mauritania operates the terrorist group Katibat Masina, which is part of the al-Qaeda link in the Sahel.
With the presence of jihadist groups affiliated with the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, Mali experiences great insecurity, mainly in the center and north of its territory, with numerous terrorist attacks against soldiers and civilians. The country is ruled by a military junta after two coups led by Colonel Assimi Goita, who refused to call elections last February as promised and offered to do so in February 2024.