Around 30 Mali soldiers killed in jihadist attack: army
Updated | By AFP
"Around 30" Malian soldiers were killed and five more injured in a
suspected jihadist attack on Thursday in the north of the country, the army said.
The attack took place early Thursday at a military camp in Tarkint, north of Gao, an army official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"The toll in the attack of #Tarkint (#Gao) has risen to around 30 deaths and five wounded," Mali's armed forces wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, the army had said that its camp in Tarkint was the target of a "terrorist attack", putting the initial toll at two dead and 10 injured.
It is the deadliest attack on the Malian army in four months.
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