Suspected jihadists killed four Malian soldiers on Sunday in the second deadly attack this weekend in the country’s troubled north, local and military officials told AFP. Mali’s deteriorating security situation is of growing concern as Al-Qaeda-linked groups mount increasingly ferocious attacks on domestic and foreign forces. “Terrorists have killed four soldiers in Menaka in an attack,” a Malian military source said, adding: “They were not able to overrun the military camp. We are now in control of the situation.”The incident was confirmed by a second Malian military source, who said the armed attackers arrived “this morning on motorbikes and in cars”, while a local official said the group had fired rockets. Fourteen soldiers were killed and 18 wounded on Saturday when suspected jihadists seized control of their camp in Soumpi, near Timbuktu.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2018 09:56 UTC