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French Soldier Dies in Mali as Explosive Device Detonates - Paris

2019-11-03

[SPUTNIKNEWS] Mali was shaken by a large-scale "terrorist attack" on a military post in the country's north-east on Friday, that resulted in the deaths of 53 soldiers and one civilian.

The Elysee Palace has said in a statement that a French soldier was killed Saturday morning in Mali as an bomb detonated near his armoured vehicle.

The dead soldier, Brigadier Ronan Pointeau, belonged to the 1st Spahi Regiment of the French Army. French President Emmanuel Macron praised the soldier's "sacrifice."

This comes as Mali military was subjected to one of the deadliest attacks in recent history on Friday, which resulted in 54 people killed. According to government front man Yaya Sangare, "heavily armed faceless myrmidons" attacked an army post in Indelimane, Menaka region, around noon on Friday.

"The dispatched reinforcements found 54 bodies including one civilian, 10 survivors, and found considerable material damage," Sangare said in a Twitter post on Saturday.

He added that the corpse count was provisional as the identification of the dead bodies was not completed.

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The blast occurred on Friday and targeted a military post in the northeast of the country, resulting in the deaths of 53 soldiers and one civilian.

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