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Mali river boat, army base attacks kill 64
Updated 07:46, 08-Sep-2023
CGTN

Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday killed 64 people, a Malian official said.

The two separate attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat on the Niger River and an army position at Bamba in the northern Gao region, with "a provisional toll of 49 civilians and 15 soldiers killed," according to a government statement.

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