Five Mali soldiers killed in checkpoint attack
Monday 02/March/2020 - 03:40 PM
Five Malian soldiers were killed when militants
armed with rocket launchers attacked a checkpoint in a central region of the
conflict-torn nation, a military source and local official said Monday.
"At least five soldiers were killed on Sunday
in Mondoro during a jihadist attack," said a source from the Mali army
base in Mopti, the largest town in the region, adding that the assailants had
also "suffered losses".
A local official said the militants had launched the
assault "using rocket launchers fired at parked military vehicles".
