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| Suspected jihadists blow up 2 bridges in Mali |
| 2013-10-09 |
| [Al Ahram] Residents in northern Mali say that suspected radical jihadists have blown up two bridges near the country's border with Niger. The attack comes only a day after suspected jihadists fired mortar rounds on the city of Gao, wounding at least seven people. The violence has broken a relative calm in and around Gao since late March. Ousmane Maiga, a resident of Gao, said the two bridges were attacked early Tuesday. An official with the UN peacekeeping mission confirmed the kabooms. Gao was under the control of al-Qaeda-linked gunnies for nine months until a French-led military operation in January ousted them from the town. Back in January, the radical gunnies also blew up another bridge near the border with Niger. |
| Posted by:Fred |