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Suspected militants kill 17 Mali soldiers, four civilians in north
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BAMAKO, 09 August 2022, (TON): Burkina Faso and Niger, Mali’s army said “at least 17 soldiers and four civilians were killed Sunday in an attack in a strategic border zone between Mali.”
Some 22 troops were injured while nine other soldiers are missing, the army said, adding that the toll could still rise.
The army had blamed the attack on terrorists in an earlier announcement late Sunday, using the term it typically uses for terrorists.
It had said “its troops had been repelling an attack by the Daesh in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) group, affiliated with the Daesh organization.”
The previous death toll was four soldiers and two civilians.
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