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6 French soldiers wounded in Mali suicide car bomb blast

French military said it sent ‘alert units’ including Tiger combat helicopters and Mirage 2000 fighter jets to the area of the attack to support ground troops
Former colonial power France, which intervened in Mali in 2013 to combat extremism, currently has 5,100 soldiers deployed across the Sahel region

By AFP · 21 June 2021