Militants kill 15 soldiers, 3 civilians in two Mali attacks


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 Jul 2022

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Islamist militants killed 15 soldiers and three civilians during two separate attacks in southwest Mali on Wednesday, the army said in a statement.

Six soldiers died and 25 were wounded when militants assaulted a military camp in Sonkolo, a rural commune in the south-central Segou region, more than 300 kilometres (186 miles)north of the capital Bamako.

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