JNIM’s statement on the ambush, which reads, “A convoy of Wagner mercenaries was ambushed between the cities of Sévaré and Bandiagara in Mopti State, and there is news of heavy losses among the enemy. Praise be to god.”
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Al-Qaeda-linked militant group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed an attack on a convoy of Malian military personnel (FAMA) and Russian mercenaries operating attached to Russia’s Wagner Group (Africa Corps).
The ambush, conducted along the RN15 linking the town of Sévaré to the town of Bandiagara in Mali’s Mopti region, which is seen as the ‘frontier between the nation’s government-held south and rebel-held north’ resulted in the death of approximately seven men, with at least one Wagner member killed.
The death toll may be higher as just one video of the deceased has been released by the Islamic militant group.
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