2 soldiers killed in ambush in Mali

Bamako, Feb 24 (IANS) Two soldiers were killed and seven others injured in an ambush in central Mali, the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) said on Wednesday.The incident took place on Tuesday at around 2 pm when a mission of the 53rd Rapid Intervention Company of the army, leaving Sevare for Konna, fell into an ambush by armed terrorist groups about 32 km northeast of Sevare, the Malian army said."The provisional toll is 2 dead and 7 injured among the FAMa", the statement said.Following the 2012 military coup, insurgents took control of the north of Mali, Xinhua reported. Despite the ongoing French military intervention in this West African country and the UN peacekeeping mission, the terrorist threat persists in central and northern Mali.
--IANS int/