Attack on Mali military camp foiled: Bamako
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The Malian army has thwarted another terrorist attack aimed at one of its military basis in light of a rise in terrorist attacks in the country and the Sahel region as a whole.
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Malian soldiers at Kati military base
The Malian army thwarted a fresh attack on a military camp in the center of the country, the army said Sunday on social media, two days after a deadly suicide attack in a strategic garrison town near Bamako.
The armed forces once again foiled an attempted attack on a camp in Sevare early on Sunday, the army said on social media.
"The provisional toll stands at one terrorist neutralized," the army added.
A high-ranking official from the Sevare camp, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the situation was under control, noting that the camp of the national guard was attacked on Sunday.
Bamako announced on Friday that it had repelled a suicide attack by Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists with two vehicle-born bombs that killed at least one soldier in Kati.
The Malian army has been upping the pace against terrorists in recent months with the help of Russian instructors.
Authorities also noted that on June 24, a police station on the same road was ambushed by "unidentified armed individuals", killing one officer.
Mali has witnessed two military coups since 2020. Colonels angry at the government's handling of the long-running insurgency seized power in August 2020, then carried out another coup in May the following year.
The junta that came to power in August 2020 has had sharp tensions with France, which had sent troops to its former colony in what many saw as a bid to still have a foothold in the country.
The agreements that have been terminated in Mali had once laid the groundwork for France's interference in Mali in 2014. They were inked a year after French troops sent a substantial force to Mali to allegedly help the Malian armed forces in putting an end to terrorism.
France's relationship with Mali deteriorated following massive international pressures on the junta. Paris has also objected to the regime’s rapprochement with the Kremlin.
Bamako had accused the French military of espionage and sabotage, pointing out to finding mass graves near a French base in Gossi, which the French have been trying to hide.
In May, the Mali junta decided to withdraw all defense treaties with France, citing "flagrant abuses" of national sovereignty.
Paris no longer possesses the legal basis for carrying out military operations in Mali after the West African nation withdrew from defense agreements with France, the Malian government had said.
