In Mali, the army was once again the target of a "terrorist attack". This time, it targeted, Friday, November 1, a military post in Indelimane, in the region of Menaka, in the north-east, and made "15 dead" on the side of the soldiers, according to a "provisional assessment", published by the military on Twitter.

The attack comes one month after the death of 40 soldiers in two jihadist attacks on September 30 and October 1, near Burkina Faso, a country located in southern Mali, according to a report by a senior official of the Ministry of Defense.

The #FAMa position in #Indelimane (#Ansongo) was the subject of a terrorist attack on Friday, November 1st, 2019, # Menaka sector.
The provisional assessment is 15 dead side #FAMa, wounded and material damage.
The reinforcements were dispatched there. pic.twitter.com/SgLJBrDTtA

Malian Armed Forces (@FAMa_DIRPA) November 1, 2019

Friday's attack also caused "injuries and material damage," according to the army. The Malian government, for its part, announced on Friday night that it "condemned" this "terrorist attack, which killed many wounded and material damage on the side of the National Defense and Security Forces", according to a separate press release that does not give a precise assessment.

Reinforcements to hunt down attackers

"Reinforcements have been dispatched to secure the area and hunt down the attackers," the government said without giving details. Malian soldiers were also reported missing on Friday, a military source told AFP. The attack was not claimed Friday night.

Northern Mali had fallen between March and April 2012 under the guise of jihadist groups linked to Al Qaeda, thanks to the defeat of the army in the face of the Tuareg-dominated rebellion, initially allied to these groups, which then ousted him. The jihadists were largely driven out or dispersed following the launch in January 2013, at the initiative of France, of a military intervention, which is currently ongoing.

However, jihadist violence not only persisted, but spread from north to central Mali, then to neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger, often intermingling with hundreds of deaths.

With AFP