Jan. 5 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Support Group for Islam and Muslims (JNIM), a subsidiary of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in the Sahel, has claimed responsibility for two attacks carried out on Monday in a town near the Mali capital, Bamako, which resulted in with at least four deaths.
The group has indicated in a statement published through its propaganda channels that the “simultaneous” attacks were perpetrated by JNIM “mujahideen” against “Malian tyrants”.
“If they spread terror against oppressed Muslims and God willing, we will plunge their cities and towns into terror and fear. They will not rest until they turn to God and take their hands off Muslims,” the terror group warned.
The attacks were perpetrated on Monday against a tollbooth in Kassela and a fire station in Markakongo, in the Koulikoro region, as reported by local media.
Mali and the rest of the Sahel countries have experienced an upsurge in violence, both jihadist at the hands of groups linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, and inter-communal in nature, which has led France and the G5 Sahel countries — Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger– to increase their operations.
