Six Malian soldiers were killed and 18 wounded in the night from Saturday to Sunday in central Mali in two attacks by "
terrorists
", the Malian army said on Sunday in a new report.
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"
The provisional toll is 6 dead and 18 wounded
" among the soldiers during the attacks against "
two security posts
" in Boulkessy and Mondoro "
(center), leading to a response which left
" about thirty dead on the terrorist side ", the army wrote in a statement posted on Facebook. A previous report from security sources had reported three soldiers killed.