At least 30 Malian soldiers were killed two days ago in an ambush in the Gao region, an attack attributed to jihadists, against which forces allied with the Malian army, including Barkhane, intervened.
as reported from Bamako, Serge Daniel
The ambush, which took place in the Gao region, is attributed to “armed terrorist groups”. It is in Mali the official name of jihadist groups. The latter were many, nearly a hundred men who came on motorcycles and in pick-up vehicles. The peculiarity of this attack, according to a well-informed source, is the diversity of the weapon used by the attackers.
According to two other witnesses interviewed by telephone, the jihadists were likely to develop their strategy over the weekend. They knew the Malian army on Monday was preparing to circulate on an axis a few tens of thousands of kilometers from the city of Ansongo on Monday.
First, there was ambush followed by an attack. The enemy would then have managed to divide the Malian army convoy into two groups. Two helicopters of the French force Barkhane supported the Malian armed forces. And in addition to the killed Malian soldiers, the wounded were evacuated by planes from the UN mission in Mali to Gao, the capital of the region.
According to the Malian army, the jihadists also suffered many losses. And this Wednesday, the situation would be under control in this region, which has a border with Niger.
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