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| Mali: Al-Qaeda affiliate claims deadly attack | ||
| 2022-07-26 | ||
Friday’s (22 July) raid on the Kati base that killed at least one soldier and wounded six others, was the first time in Mali’s decade-long rebellion that an armed group has hit a military camp so close to Bamako. The attack, which was carried out using two car bombs, saw seven assailants killed and eight were arrested, Mali’s military said. The Katiba Macina claimed the attack in the strategic garrison town near the Malian capital, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, according to the media unit for al-Qaeda’s local affiliate, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM). JNIM, the main armed alliance in the Sahel region whose influence on the ground continues to expand, comprises a myriad of groups including the Katiba Macina and operates mainly in Mali and Burkina Faso. Katiba Macina justified the attack by citing the presence in Mali of mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group,
A spat with France triggered a pullout of French forces that have been fighting rebels in Mali for nearly a decade. The withdrawal is expected to be completed in the coming weeks. Related: Mali : 2022-07-24 Russians attack Kostyantynivka, Avdievka and Toretsk in Donetsk region Mali : 2022-07-23 Extremists have attacked Mali’s Kati military base on the outskirts of the capital city Bamako Mali : 2022-07-22 Good Morning Related: Katiba Macina: 2021-06-17 Cote d'Ivoire: Terrorism in Côte D'ivoire Is No Longer Just an External Threat Katiba Macina: 2021-02-10 Senegal Uncovers Jihadist Cell in East of Country Katiba Macina: 2019-12-22 France kills 33 militants in Mali raid: president Related: Wagner Group: 2022-07-23 Extremists have attacked Mali’s Kati military base on the outskirts of the capital city Bamako Wagner Group: 2022-06-18 Russia says nearly 2,000 foreign fighters killed in Ukraine Wagner Group: 2022-06-01 Large unit of Wagner Group have fallen on hard times in eastern Ukraine | ||
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