Gunman kill three soldiers in north Mali as security worsens

BAMAKO – Gunmen killed at least three Malian soldiers in an attack on a military post in the northeast on Sunday, security sources and a local official said, capping a week of violence that has stoked concerns about worsening security in the arid region.

The unknown assailants came before dawn and surrounded the post in the town of Menaka in Mali’s remote desert near the border with Niger, killing three soldiers, a security source said. A local official said five were killed after a gunfire exchange that lasted 40 minutes.

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