2023-09-13 00:40:18
According to testimonies collected, in Bourem, weapons began to crackle early Tuesday morning. The populations barricaded themselves. On site is one of the main camps of the Malian army in the north. This is the location that was targeted by the attackers. In a press release, they declared themselves members of the CMA, the former rebellion. And according to their version of the facts, they controlled the positions of the regular army for a moment before leaving the scene with weapons and ammunition.
But from the Malian armed forces, a press release presents another version of the facts. Initially, the regular troops “ repelled a complex vehicle bomb attack by several terrorists » in Bourem, according to the army press release. The Fama claim to have carried out a second operation northeast of the same locality. The army acknowledges the death of ten of its soldiers and claims that of 46 attackers.
Tension remains high in the area. Each camp strengthens its positions. And for observers, it is the battle for control of the town of Kidal in the hands of ex-rebels which has just begun in Bourem.
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