Colonels irritated approximately the reaction to the insurgency seized electricity in August 2020 and executed some other coup in 2021. By FLORENT VERGNES (AFP)
Mali's military on Thursday stated 3 infantrymen and 3 "terrorists" died following simultaneous early morning assaults in numerous cities withinside the country's centre and west, including to a developing listing of lethal incidents considering ultimate week.
In a statement, the navy blamed Al-Qaeda-affiliated Macina Katiba jihadists for the assaults, which it stated befell in and across the cities of Douentza, Koro, Sevare, Bapho, Segou and Kolokani.
It stated one soldier and 3 terrorists have been killed after a car exploded in Douentza at 6:30 am (nearby and GMT), observed via way of means of gunfire.
In Kolokani, a hundred and twenty kilometres (seventy five miles) north of the capital Bamako, "complicated and simultaneous assaults focused the detachment of the Anti-Terrorist Force and the Territorial Brigade of the Gendarmerie" at round 0530 GMT, killing Malian infantrymen and wounding 3 others, the military stated.
In Koro, a car exploded at round 0515 GMT, leaving no casualties.
Shells have been fired at navy compounds in Segou and Bapho, inflicting no casualties, whilst some other car turned into observed in Mopti close to the city of Sevare full of explosives however efficiently destroyed with out inflicting damage, the military stated.
A string of victories claimed
Earlier Thursday, the military introduced it had "neutralised" 48 "terrorists" all through numerous operations executed among July 14 and 18 withinside the centre and east of the Sahel country.
In primary Mali, "six terrorists (have been) neutralised" in heavy preventing withinside the commune of Mondoro following an assault on a navy patrol on July 14, the military stated in a statement.
It additionally stated it "neutralised" "armed terrorist groups" the equal day withinside the Sokolo area, and 7 other "terrorists" withinside the communes of Kolongo, Niaro and Pogo.
By the stop of operations on July 18, it stated, it had neutralised "terrorists" withinside the commune of Timissa, 8 withinside the village of Tiemaba and 7 in Gnawouro.
Elsewhere, "18 terrorists" suffered the equal destiny at the stretch of avenue linking the primary city of Douentza with the town of Gao, withinside the east, in line with the statement.
Thousands of humans have died and masses of lots had been displaced in a jihadist marketing campaign that started in northern Mali in 2012 and later unfold to Niger and Burkina Faso.
Malian colonels irritated on the government's managing of the insurgency seized electricity in August 2020 and executed some other coup in May 2021.