The “armed terrorist groups used kamikaze vehicles packed with explosives,” the Malian army said in a statement.
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Six Malian soldiers were killed and twenty others were injured on Sunday April 24 in three simultaneous attacks by groups “terrorists” against military camps in central Mali, the army said in a statement. These assaults, claimed by a group linked to Al Qaeda, targeted the three camps of Sévaré, Bapho and Niono. The “armed terrorist groups used kamikaze vehicles loaded with explosives”the Malian army said in a statement.
They were therefore claimed by the Katiba du Macina of the Fulani preacher Amadou Koufa, in an audio message sent to AFP. The Macina katiba is subordinate to Iyad Ag Ghaly, leader of the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), linked to Al Qaeda. “This Sunday morning, the mujahideen of the katiba of Macina struck three camps of the Fama”, the Malian armed forces, citing Ségou, Bapho and Niono, according to this audio message in the Bambara language.