BAMAKO, Mali (AP) 鈥� Jihadi militants and a separatist group ambushed a Malian army convoy in the country鈥檚 hard-hit north on Saturday, resulting in the killing or capture of scores of soldiers, the rebels said.
The Malian army confirmed the attack, saying in a statement that armed groups ambushed the convoy of Malian soldiers and their partners in a remote part of the northern Gao region. It did not give further details, only saying that 鈥渁 counterattack is underway.鈥�
Both the regional al-Qaida affiliate JNIM and the separatist Azawad Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the attack in separate statements that spoke about 鈥済reat human losses鈥� and 鈥渟erious material damage鈥� on the side of the Malian army.
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