Army base attacked day after 49 civilians killed on passenger boat in Mali

Malian soldier waiting with his weapon

Baba Ahmed

A military camp in the Gao region in northern Mali was attacked yesterday, a day after two separate assaults by al-Qa’ida-linked insurgents killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers, the military said.

Thursday’s attacks targeted a passenger boat near the city of Timbuktu on the Niger River and a military position in Bamba further downstream in Gao, the military junta said on state television.