Gunmen stage simultaneous attacks in and outside Mali capital, army says

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Militants staged attacks in Mali’s capital Bamako and in several locations in the interior of the country on Saturday morning, the Mali army said, in an apparently coordinated assault involving multiple groups. Two loud explosions and sustained gunfire were heard shortly before 6 a.m. (0600 GMT) near Mali’s main military base Kati outside the capital Bamako, and soldiers were deployed to block off roads in the area, a Reuters witness said. – Gunmen stage simultaneous attacks in and outside Mali capital, army says