ISLAMIC TERROR AFRICA: Muslim ‘militants’ MASSACRE in Mali – 33 DEAD

The Islamic State slaughters 33 in a clear illustration of Africa’s rising Islamic threat.

ISIS terror strikes: Militant group claims responsibility for massacre in Mali – 33 dead

ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack which killed 33 soldiers in Mali, in a clear illustration of Africa’s rising terror threat.

By Ciaran McGrath, The Express,  Mar 21, 2021

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France 24 journalist Wassim Nasir tweeted: “#Mali the #EI claims the attack on #Tessit#Ansongo “33 dead” in the area of the three borders.” The attack, which happened on March 15, involved 100 suspected Islamic extremists on motorcycles which ambushed the Malian military convoy in the country’s volatile north, killing at least 33 people in the deadliest attack since the overthrow of the country’s president in a coup last year.

Fourteen other people were hurt in the attack near the town, which is about 37 miles southeast of Ansongo in the Gao region, according to a military statement.

Up to now no group had claimed it carried out the attack, but Islamic extremists with links to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group operate in the region.

Islamic State said in a statement that its fighters captured three vehicles as well as weapons and ammunition, according to SITE.

The group has claimed responsibility for previous attacks on either side of the border that have killed dozens of Malian and Nigerien soldiers.

It also carried out the 2017 ambush in the Nigerien village of Tongo Tongo that killed four American special forces troops and five Nigerien soldiers.

Earlier this week Mali’s military said that the UN peacekeeping mission referred to as MINUSMA had helped evacuate injured soldiers.

Helicopters from France’s mission in Mali, known as Operation Barkhane also assisted.

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In 2013, Islamic extremist rebels were toppled in Mali’s northern cities with French military assistance.

However, the insurgents quickly regrouped in the desert and have since launched frequent attacks on the Malian army.

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