Fifteen gendarmes killed in attack on Mali camp
Fifteen members of Mali’s security forces died in a jihadist assault yesterday at a camp in the centre of the country, military and local sources said.
“At least 15 Malian military were killed Sunday in the Sokolo military camp during an attack by terrorists,” a Malian military source said. A local lawmaker said all those killed were gendarmes, or paramilitary police officers, adding that he saw “two other bodies outside the camp.”
“The terrorists arrived on motorcycles,” said the official, who asked not to be named for security reasons.
“They were well-armed. They entered the Sokolo camp. They took away a lot of material”, he said, adding that other officers were able to leave the camp.
“It was complete chaos,” said a local humanitarian source who managed to enter the camp after the suspected jihadists had left.
“In the camp, we counted 15 military bodies. All the military material had been taken. It looked like the attackers knew what they were doing,” the source said.
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