The attack on Sunday night at Mondoro resulted in “six deaths, 10 injuries and material damage,” the army said on Twitter. It said soldiers destroyed “two columns of vehicles and motorcycles belonging to the terrorists” during the fightback. A local official said the militants had launched the assault “using rocket launchers fired at parked military vehicles”. A local association on Monday expressed concern over the possible withdrawal of troops from Mondoro, where one soldier was killed and three others wounded on February 14. The camps at Mondoro and Boulkessi, near the border with Burkina Faso, were targeted in twin attacks in September that left at least 40 soldiers dead.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 02, 2020 15:33 UTC