14 Malian Soldiers Killed by Explosives in Multiple Attacks

14 Malian Soldiers Killed by Explosives in Multiple Attacks
Soldiers patrol outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, on Nov. 21, 2015. Jerome Delay/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BAMAKO, Mali—Coordinated attacks by Islamic terrorists have killed 14 Malian soldiers and wounded nearly a dozen, the army said.

Multiple improvised explosive devices detonated between Dia and Diafarabe villages as well as between Koumara and Macina towns in central Mali, said Col. Souleymane Dembele, the director of public relations for the army, in a statement Wednesday.