16 soldiers die, 18 wounded in Mali attacks
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Twin attacks in Mali this week left 16 soldiers killed and wounded 18, the army said on Tuesday.
The latest violence in the Sahel State was a sequel to the attacks on Monday in the northeast and center of the conflict-torn country.
The statement of the army lifted a former toll of four soldiers dead and 17 injured, to the latest toll recorded on Tuesday.
The army said that thirty-seven “terrorists” were also killed during the attacks, with weapons and munitions captured.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for one of Monday’s attacks, on a military outpost in northeastern Mali.
“The Mujahideen took full control over the military base and torched it,” the group said in a statement, verified by SITE Intelligence which monitored jihadist activities worldwide.
Mali, impoverished nation of 21 million people, had struggled to contain a jihadist insurgency that emerged in 2012, before spreading to neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger.
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