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Situation Under Control After Al-Qaida Affiliate Strike In Bamako

Stephen Enoch

Early on Tuesday, September 17, a terrorist strike in the capital of Mali was carried out by the Al-Quaida offshoot group JNIM.

The military facility next to the Modibo Keita Senou airport and the Faladié gendarme academy were reportedly targeted, according to an AP report citing a security official.

When things were under control later in the day, the army chief of staff came to the camp and urged the soldiers to combat amalgams and division.

“I am informing the Malian people that this attack was planned.” and that since we are all Malians, we shouldn’t allow others to use us against one another; hence amalgams should be avoided.

Additionally, General Oumar Diarra urged the populace to furnish the authorities with information, saying, “I’m asking the population to provide information.” Their assistance has, in my opinion, been very substantial, allowing us to pick up suspects here and there. The investigations are ongoing.”After raiding the school, “all the terrorists” were “neutralized”.

According to a statement given by national broadcaster ORTM 1, soldiers and students were both slain.

Speaking to AP under condition of anonymity, an official said that “material damage” had also been noted but gave no further details.

The source said at least fifteen people were taken into custody.

The militant JNIM organization has produced a video purporting to show fighters igniting a presidential plane and pavilion close to the Bamako airport.

The army claimed that after fending off gunmen, it was carrying out a security sweep.

Terrorist groups are attempting to put undue pressure on Mali’s military by carrying out their first attack in Bamako in years.

It occurs a few days prior to September, the nation’s Independence Day.
In 2022, gunmen struck a Malian army checkpoint about 60 kilometers (40 miles) outside the city, killing at least six people and wounding several others. In 2015, another al-Qaeda-linked extremist group killed at least 20 people, including one American, during an attack on a hotel in Bamako.

(Africanews)

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