In Mali, 12 dead in clashes between Gatia-MSA coalition fighters and "thugs"

Twelve people were killed in a clash between a coalition of armed groups and "thugs" in the Gao region of northern Mali, the coalition said in a statement Thursday.

According to this text, the security patrols of the coalition formed by the Group of Self-Defense Touareg IMGHAD and Allies (Gatia) and the Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (MSA) have "hung Tuesday thugs in Tintihidjrene, locality 20 km southwest of Intillilt (Gao region). "

The toll of the violent clashes is" nine dead on the enemy side whose leader Alou Amadou close to the famous AbdelHakim, the leader of the extremist mafia operating in the Gourma and weapons, ammunition of rolling stock and TNT (explosive) recovered ", indicates the release of the coalition.

The coalition deplores the death of three of its fighters and three wounded, adds the text. 19659002] The coalition assures the populations of its indefectible commitment to secure the persons and their goods and counts on the more and more marked implication of the Malian authorities as well on the military plan as political to restore the peace and quietude, concludes the announcement.