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The Malian siege of an international anti-terrorist task force, the G5 Sahel, was attacked in a car bomb attack, killing two soldiers and a civilian, according to a security source and a local chief
. Friday prayers, a suicide bomber in a vehicle painted in the colors of the UN exploded at the entrance to the G5 base in Sevare, an explosion, "Yesterday told AFP a military source of the strength of G5 Sahel (1945-19004).
The entrance wall of the building was destroyed, and the force of the explosion propelled the vehicle inside, according to witnesses and images of the scene.
This is the first attack of the headquarters of the five-nation force. with the support of France in 2017 to push back insurgents and jihadist criminal groups in the vast and unstable region of the Sahel.
Two soldiers of the force and one civilian were killed, as well as two attackers, according to a source The force and the governor of Mopti, the regional capital.
A previous record of six people killed has been revised downward.
Governor Sidi Albadane Toure said that there had been "confusion" at the morgue.
Four suspects, "he told AFP, adding that search operations would take all night.
A local orange vendor, Haoussa Haidara, said:" There was a huge explosion "followed by shootings that lasted more than an hour." In Sevare, 600 km northeast of the capital Bamako, was hidden at home, according to Bouba Bathily, a shopkeeper who sheltered shots in his house.
He came three days before a meeting in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott between French President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of the G5 Sahel evokes the progress made by force.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted security deficiencies at several force sites in Mali in a report released in May. Sevare last month
"Bad conditions on and around the site represent a threat security, and delay the deployment of the remaining soldiers, "the report says. Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger are facing financing problems and are working alongside the 4,000 French soldiers in the troubled trilateral zone where Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso meet. The MINUSMA peacekeeping operation in Mali (12,000 men)
The French Armed Forces Minister, Florence Parly, condemned a "cowardly attack" in a Twitter statement last night
" Solidarity with our African partners. "The G5 Sahel was to be completed by the middle of the year 2018, but its full deployment was delayed, there were equipment concerns and accusations of violations of human rights.
Malian soldiers in the G5 Sahel force "summarily" executed 12 civilians in a central Mali market in retaliation for the death of a soldier in May
Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga said the government had "taken the necessary steps". "After the bloodshed, what he condemned." France intervened militarily in Mali in 2013 to help government forces hunt jihadists linked to al-Qaeda from the north.
But vast The country's expanses remain illegal despite a peace agreement signed with the Tuareg leaders in mid-2015 aimed at isolating the jihadists.The violence also spread to Burkina Faso and Niger.
Earlier in the day, French headquarters said that troops from its Barkhane mission in Mali had killed or captured 15 jihadists on June 22 in a joint operation with local forces.
The clash took place in a forested area of the region Inabelbel, south-east of Timbuktu, in a statement.
A group of about 20 jihadists were attacked by helicopters and fighter planes, he said.
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