Mali has strengthened Sunday, October 29 its security after a shootout erupted between gunmen and government troops in the town of Kidal in northern Mali, residents said. According to officials at the governorate of Kidal, the capital region more than 1,500 km from Bamako, the arméea exchanged fire for nearly two hours with the attackers and controlled the city where the shots were not heard at around 20 pm local time (GMT). They made an unspecified number of wounded, said one of the officials on condition of anonymity, was not immediately able to provide details. "The shooting stopped. The Malian army control its position, "said the source, referring to a reinforcement of soldiers from the French military operation Serval and the UN mission Mali, the Minusma for securing the city. However, she said that the French and African military "did not intervene in the crossfire." The MNLA accused the army of "provocation" The circumstances of the violence remain unclear. According to a spokesman of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), government troops opened fire on a vehicle MNLA, injuring three men inside . Tuareg rebels denounce a "provocation" of the army. "Malian soldiers deliberately opened fire on a mobile unit MNLA while it was traveling in the center of Kidal" Sunday, said spokesman MNLA Mossa Ag Attaher in a statement written from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. According to him, the leader of the group was "out of the car, raising his hands to show that his unit was not at all in a position of belligerency but Malian soldiers When will I I opened fire in bursts of firing gun, seriously injuring the head of the unit and two [men]. " An escalation of violence comes three days after the cease-fire by Tuareg separatists. The MNLA has announced Thursday, the cease-fire by accusing the government of Bamako not respecting its obligations under the cease-fire signed in June , Ouagadougou after the reconquest of northern Mali by the French army at the beginning of the year. There are two days the same branch was attacked with grenades and two soldiers were wounded. "Our fighters are now on alert," said Moussa Ag Acharatoumane, MNLA spokesman based in Paris. "The war against terrorism is not over" An official of the Malian intelligence service, wishing not to be identified, said the clashes coincided with the arrival of army reinforcements from the nearby town of Anefis. "The city is now encircled by the Malian forces, which take advantage of the situation to take the positions occupied by the rebels," the official said. For the Malian government, "the proliferation of these attacks shows that the war against terrorism is not over." With news
MALI: Mali: crossfire between soldiers and Tuareg rebels
Mali has strengthened Sunday, October 29 its security after a shootout erupted between gunmen and government troops in the town of Kidal in northern Mali, residents said. According to officials at the governorate of Kidal, the capital region more than 1,500 km from Bamako, the arméea exchanged fire for nearly two hours with the attackers and controlled the city where the shots were not heard at around 20 pm local time (GMT). They made an unspecified number of wounded, said one of the officials on condition of anonymity, was not immediately able to provide details. "The shooting stopped. The Malian army control its position, "said the source, referring to a reinforcement of soldiers from the French military operation Serval and the UN mission Mali, the Minusma for securing the city. However, she said that the French and African military "did not intervene in the crossfire." The MNLA accused the army of "provocation" The circumstances of the violence remain unclear. According to a spokesman of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), government troops opened fire on a vehicle MNLA, injuring three men inside . Tuareg rebels denounce a "provocation" of the army. "Malian soldiers deliberately opened fire on a mobile unit MNLA while it was traveling in the center of Kidal" Sunday, said spokesman MNLA Mossa Ag Attaher in a statement written from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. According to him, the leader of the group was "out of the car, raising his hands to show that his unit was not at all in a position of belligerency but Malian soldiers When will I I opened fire in bursts of firing gun, seriously injuring the head of the unit and two [men]. " An escalation of violence comes three days after the cease-fire by Tuareg separatists. The MNLA has announced Thursday, the cease-fire by accusing the government of Bamako not respecting its obligations under the cease-fire signed in June , Ouagadougou after the reconquest of northern Mali by the French army at the beginning of the year. There are two days the same branch was attacked with grenades and two soldiers were wounded. "Our fighters are now on alert," said Moussa Ag Acharatoumane, MNLA spokesman based in Paris. "The war against terrorism is not over" An official of the Malian intelligence service, wishing not to be identified, said the clashes coincided with the arrival of army reinforcements from the nearby town of Anefis. "The city is now encircled by the Malian forces, which take advantage of the situation to take the positions occupied by the rebels," the official said. For the Malian government, "the proliferation of these attacks shows that the war against terrorism is not over." With news