Terrorist group Katiba Macina claims attack on the outskirts of Bamako
The terrorist group Katiba Macina, an affiliate of Al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for Friday's suicide bombing in Mali, targeting the country's main military base on the outskirts of the capital, which killed at least one person.
On Friday, "a brigade of 'mujahideen' carried out a blessed operation against the Malian army, the unjust murderer of innocents, in the most notorious place in the capital, Bamako, close to the headquarters of the president and the Ministry of Defense", the statement reads, which argues that "if [the Government] has the right to hire mercenaries to kill defenseless innocents, then we have the right to destroy and target them".
The Macina Liberation Front (FLM) statement was confirmed by the non-governmental organization SITE, which specializes in monitoring ...