Two Malian soldiers have been killed and another injured in two separate bomb attacks in the northern parts of the African country.
Mali’s Defense Ministry said two soldiers died on Saturday when their vehicle hit a land mine in the country’s Gao region.
“A Malian armed forces detachment’s vehicle was blown up by a mine 110 kilometers (70 miles) from Ansongo. The toll is two dead and the vehicle destroyed,” the ministry said in a statement.
In the second incident, a bomber attacked an army barricade in the northern city of Timbuktu on Saturday and wounded a soldier.