The General Command of the Armed Forces in the Mali State announced the neutralization of 14 people, and the arrest of 31 members suspected of belonging to terrorist groups moving in northern Mali.
In a statement issued by the army yesterday evening, the financial armed forces thwarted an attempt to infiltrate it by terrorist fighters towards the “Sheikh Sidi Bakai” camp and the airport of the city of Timbuktu, which failed the attack that the armed men intended to do.
The financial army said that the operation it carried out yesterday enabled it to retrieve a large arsenal of weapons, a number of vehicles, and various equipment belonging to terrorists.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces, on behalf of all the army, congratulated the military stationed in the “Sheikh Sidi Bekai” camp, praising their ideal courage and hardness in the face of terrorist attempts.
I was killed in the ranks of the army
For its part, the Nasra al -Islam and Muslims group announced that it had killed soldiers from the financial army, targeted the airport of the city of Timbuktu, and 3 checkpoints belonging to government forces.
The group published pictures of soldiers that said that it killed them in the recent clashes with the army, without announcing the number, or the size of the losses it caused.
In a related context, the Financial Army, backed by Wagner’s forces, announced the imposition of a curfew inside the city of Timbuktu, starting from nine in the evening until six in the morning.
These confrontations come two days after an armed attack on a military army base in the center of the country, which killed at least 30 people from government forces.