BAMAKO: A minimum of 10 individuals have been killed and dozens injured on Saturday in a fancy assault close to a navy base in central Mali, mentioned the military.A automobile bomb exploded close to the camp within the city of Sevare within the Mopti area destroying homes and killing individuals, Col. Souleymane Dembele, spokesman for the Malian military, advised The Related Press.Nobody claimed duty for the assault, however jihadis are identified to function within the space and have been ravaging the nation for a decade. Whereas this navy base has been focused earlier than, that is the biggest assault on it this 12 months. The bottom additionally hosts fighters from the Wagner Group, a shadowy Russian navy contractor, that is been preventing alongside the Malian military for greater than a 12 months.Residents of Sevare mentioned they have been going to morning prayers on the mosque once they heard a loud explosion. “We heard gunfire. It was whole confusion,” mentioned Ousmane Diallo, a villager within the space.Days earlier than the assault, a senior Malian official and three different individuals have been killed in an ambush in an space of the nation’s southwest. On Friday, the al-Qaida linked group often known as JNIM claimed duty for that assault in it is media outlet, al-Zallaqa Media Basis.In one other incident in Mali’s capital, Bamako, on Saturday, a navy helicopter crashed in a residential neighborhood whereas getting back from a mission. It’s unclear if there are any casualties, and the military mentioned the state of affairs is being assessed.
