The Mondoro camp, close to the border with Burkina Faso, has been several times in the past the target of attacks of jihadists seeking to impose their holds against the representations of the central state or the foreign presence .
Le Monde with AFP and Reuters
A jihadist attack against a Malian army camp in the center of the country did 27 dead Friday in the ranks of the soldiers, announced the army in a statement. This is the most deadly attack reported against the Malian forces for months.
The attack, which took place Friday morning around 6:30 am at the camp of Mondoro in the center of Mali also made 33 wounded, including 21 serious, and seven “missing” among the soldiers, according to the Same source.
According to the army, 47 assailants were “neutralized” in the morning and 23 others were following a “raking on terrorist sanctuaries”. “The dynamic offensive search and destruction of terrorist sanctuaries will continue tirelessly”, ensured the Malian armed forces in a statement.
The Mondoro camp, close to the border with Burkina Faso, has been several times in the past the target of attacks of jihadists seeking to impose their holds against the representations of the central state or the foreign presence . An operation against the camp and that of Boulkesi, near, had traveled about fifty deaths among the soldiers in September 2019.
Departure of France and its partners
A French military source, under the guise of anonymity, had specified the France Presse Agency that the assessment of this attack led by several hundred jihadists had made between 40 and 50 dead. The source claimed that 21 vehicles had been captured by jihadists, including several armored vehicles.
In addition, according to the same source, “the Malian armed forces did not ask for the support of [the French Antidjihadist]” Barkhane “. The Mondoro camp is in an area where it was asked to Barkhane not to operate, no doubt because of the presence of mercenaries of [the Russian private company] Wagner “.
France and its partners engaged in the fight against jihadist groups in the Sahel announced last month their decision to withdraw their military forces from Mali, judging now impossible to cooperate with the Malian junta in power for two coups. successive in 2020 and 2021.