About Twenty Soldiers Killed in Mali Attack, Government Says

About Twenty Soldiers Killed in Mali Attack, Government Says
Members of the FAMA (Mali Armed Forces) patrol in the streets of Gao, Mali, on July 24, 2019. Souleymane Ag Anara/AFP via Getty Images
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About 20 soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn attack on an army camp in central Mali on Jan. 26, the government said.

The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear. In a statement, the government said “terrorists” entered the camp near the village of Sokolo, killed the soldiers and caused “significant material damage”.