Militants ambush fruit trucks on the road to Bamako as a blockade of Mali’s capital persists
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Militants ambush fruit trucks on the road to Bamako as a blockade of Mali’s capital persists
Militants ambushed a convoy of trucks heading to Mali's blockaded capital of Bamako Wednesday, a transportation workers union said, the latest in a crisis that began with sweeping, coordinated attacks by separatist and jihadi forces across the West African nation…
Moroccan trade union sources revealed that more than 15 commercial trucks were subjected to violent attacks carried out by armed groups near the Malian capital, Bamako. Mustapha Chaaboun, president of the African Union of Transport Organizations, reported that the attack resulted in the burning of trucks and significant material losses, amid reports of two or three drivers being killed and four other Moroccan drivers being detained.
Local sources reported that the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) group burned six trucks en route to the Malian capital, Bamako, in a new escalation of its operations on the main roads leading to the city. The sources added that the attackers emptied the fuel tanks from the trucks and poured it on them before setting them ablaze, completely destroying them. In recent days, armed members of the group had been blocking roads and prevent…
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