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claim a suicide bomb attack the camp is
located in Gao, a former bastion for Malian rebels and Islamist fighters who
seized control of much of the country’s vast arid north in early 2012
The camp was set up under a
2015 peace deal signed between the government and loyalist militias following a
French-led international military intervention launched in 2013 and is still in
place.
A suicide bomber attacked this morning on a
camp grouping former rebels and pro-government militia in Northern Mali has
left 37 people dead, acording to the UN peacekeeping source
The attacked camp is located in Gao, a former
bastion for Malian rebels and Islamist fighters who seized control of much of
the country’s vast dry region in early 2012.
“A suicide bomber attacked a camp” housing
Tuareg-led former rebels and loyalist militia, said a member of the UN
peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, who asked not to be identified.
“The toll is 37
dead,” he said. A local official from Gao confirmed the deadly attack. w hich
is still in place.
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