DAKAR—Terrorists in Mali began a blockade of Timbuktu by cutting road access in August and then shut off river and air routes in an offensive that has put the city once again on the front line of a terrorist insurgency.
The bombing began soon after. On Sept. 21, witnesses said rockets hit a hospital, killing two children, and landed near a school that was sheltering survivors of a passenger boat attack that killed more than 100 people.
