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Suicide blast in north Mali's Gao, no other wounded

February 10, 2013 06:45
An explosion that rocked the north Malian city of Gao late Saturday was a suicide bombing at an army checkpoint, the day after a similar attack at the same spot, said a Malian soldier, reporting no other wounded. "It was a suicide bomber who blew himself up," said the soldier, who was at the checkpoint at the northern entrance to Gao, which French-led forces reclaimed from Islamist rebels on January 26. The bomber's severed head was still lying on the ground at the scene Sunday morning.

Grisly suicide attack at dawn strikes fear into Malians

February 8, 2013 16:00
The sky above Gao had just begun to lighten on Friday when a young man on a motorbike navigated a dirt road on the outskirts of the town at the edge of the Sahara desert, explosives strapped to his chest. He drove past a large sign bearing the black and white emblem of the Islamists who until recently occupied this town, clutching a mortar bomb as he neared a checkpoint -- a few tyres across the road -- manned by a group of Malian soldiers. A few of the troops saw him coming, moments before the explosion shattered the quiet of the dawn.

French target Islamist posts in Gao, Timbuktu strikes: minister

January 20, 2013 14:00
PARIS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - French forces have launched air strikes in the Mali regions of Timbuktu and Gao in recent days and will continue to do so as they target command posts of Islamist militants, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday. "French forces, and notably air forces, are striking terrorist strongholds, that's the case in the region of Gao, it's the case in the Timbuktu region. It will continue," the minister said in a TV interview.
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