“Shots were heard in a military unit located in the town of Kati, 20 km from Bamako. Compatriots living in Bamako have been notified. They are not advised to go out into the city, ”he said.
According to him, according to preliminary data, Russian citizens were not injured.
The embassy also recalled that a state of emergency has been in effect in Mali since 2015, in connection with which the embassy has established appropriate security measures.
The agency notes that earlier some embassies of Western countries reported a mutiny at a military base in the Katya area. The source stated that the rebels arrested a number of ministers and high-ranking officers and took them to an unknown destination.
In November 2019, 54 people were killed in a militant attack on a checkpoint in Mali.