A suicide car bombing killed six government allies in the northern city of Kidal, as French confirm that they are engaged in heavy fighting in northern Mali.
The suicide bomber exploded his vehicle Tuesday evening at a checkpoint at an entrance to Kidal, said Ag Alghabas Intalla, a leader of the Islamic Movement of Azawad, or MIA, reached by phone in Kidal.
He said he counted six dead and others wounded.
The MIA group is fighting with the Malian army and French troops against Islamic extremists.
Responsibility for the suicide attack has not been claimed, but it is suspected to be the work of the Islamic extremists of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO.
French troops are involved in “very violent fighting” in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains of northeastern Mali, said France’s defense minister Tuesday.
Jean-Yves Le Drian said that it’s too early to talk about a quick French pullout from Mali, despite the growing cost of the intervention.
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