Armed men strike military school in Mali capital

Armed men person attacked a subject grooming campy successful Mali's capital, Bamako, authorities tv has reported.

It described the attackers arsenic "terrorists".

The announcement from ORTM came aft gunfire was heard ringing retired successful the metropolis aboriginal connected Tuesday morning. The attackers struck a gendarmerie schoolhouse adjacent the city's airdrome but the concern was present "under control", the transmission reported.

Mali is 1 of respective West African countries that person been warring an Islamist insurgency for much than a decade. But it is not wide who was down this shooting.

The subject seized powerfulness successful a coup successful 2021, accusing the authorities of failing to bash capable to quell the insurgency.

However, 3 years later, determination is nary motion of the attacks ending.

On Tuesday morning, videos connected societal media showed plumes of fume rising from a portion of the city.

Witnesses told the Reuters quality bureau that the gunshots began astatine astir 05:30 section clip (05:30 GMT).

People heading to the mosque for greeting prayers had turned backmost arsenic shots rang out, Reuters said.

“Combing operations" are presently taking spot astatine the tract of the attack, ORTM said.