BAMAKO, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three Malian soldiers were killed and four others injured, in an ambush yesterday, in Boulkessy, a town in Mali’s central region of Mopti, the Defence Ministry said.
“On Sept 23, (yesterday), around 12:45 p.m. (1245 GMT), a FAMa (Malian armed forces) patrol team was ambushed, at the south of Boulkessy,” the ministry said in a press release.
The ministry “strongly” condemned this attack, launched by armed terrorist groups, and praised “the bravery and determination of valiant soldiers, who fought to repel the enemy and maintain their position.”
This attack came two days after Mali’s transitional vice-president, also the president of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, made his promise to put FAMa in fighting conditions, and win the war against the terrorists.
On Sept 30, 2019, 38 people were killed in attacks in Boulkessy and Mondoro in central Mali
