The Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) is detaining a Russian member of the Wagner militia, according to a press release on behalf of this jihadist formation sent to AFP overnight from Sunday to Monday.
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During the first week of April, (we) captured a soldier of the Russian forces Wagner in the region of Ségou
”, in the center of Mali, indicates this text in Arabic.
This is the first time that the GSIM, the main jihadist alliance in the Sahel, linked to Al-Qaeda, has announced the capture of a Russian engaged on the front line of the anti-jihadist fight in the country.
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