Eleven Malian soldiers have been killed during an ambush on a convoy in the central Mopti region, the military says.
A statement said nine other soldiers were seriously injured when a car bomb was detonated and the convoy was then targeted with heavy gunfire.
A Malian officer described the attackers as terrorists – a term commonly used to refer to the jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
Last week officials in Mali said more than 40 people were killed by suspected jihadists in several villages in the north of the country.
Source: BBC
