A Transport Union official has disclosed that eight people were killed and 42 were injured in Mali after a passenger bus carrying civilians hit a land mine west of the capital Bamako.
The explosion happened on a road where al Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin operates and follows unprecedented assaults in April by JNIM in coordination with a Tuareg-dominated rebel group.
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The Communications Officer for the National Drivers’ Union Mamadou Kassambara, told journalists today morning that the bus hit the land mine on the road from Bamako to Kayes.
Africa Corps, a Russian paramilitary group operating in Mali, said in a different social media post that five people had been killed and more than 10 were injured in the incident, but nobody has claimed responsibility for laying the land mine.
JNIM announced a blockade on Bamako following the April attacks and has set up checkpoints on some major roads to the city, as the West Africa’s Sahel region has become a global hotspot of terrorism.
Additional Reporting from Associated Press
