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15 militants killed in anti-jihadist operation in Mali: army

Fifteen militants have been killed in an anti-jihadist operation in central Mali.

Bamako. Fifteen militants have been killed in an anti-jihadist operation in central Mali, the Malian army said yesterday, adding that one soldier died and two others were injured.

The “terrorists” were “neutralised, their weapons recovered and their motorbikes destroyed” during Friday’s mission in the Tina forest in the Mopti region, the army said in a statement. The army “suffered one death and two injuries”.

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