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Suspected Jihadists Kill Three in Northern Mali
[AnNahar] A customs officer and two non-combatants were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in northern Mali on Thursday, customs and military sources said.The assailants arrived in the town of Hombori on two pick-up trucks, a local customs official said told AFP. "They opened fire on a customs post and killed our colleague Mody Ndiaye, who only arrived on Wednesday to take up his position. Two civilians were also killed," the official said. They also set fire to a vehicle before ransacking the building, he said. A military source said "the Since Tuesday, Hombori police had noticed "suspicious movements" in the town, source said. Residents later staged a protest to demand more security for civilians in the town. Northern Mali fell under the control of Tuareg-led rebels and jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda in 2012. The Islamists sidelined the Tuareg to take sole control. Although largely ousted by a French-led military operation in January 2013 the jihadist groups remain active. Thursday's attack occurred not far from the commune of Mondoro, near the border with Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... , where three Malian soldiers were killed by a roadside kaboom on Tuesday. The two attacks coincide with the first visit to the region this week by the new head of the U.N. mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mahamat Saleh Annadif. Annadif notably visited Kidal, a stronghold of the Tuareg-led former rebel group the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA), where tensions sparked by the arrival in the town this month of members of a pro-government group have eased following a deal between the two. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-02-12 |
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