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Two soldiers killed in Mali jihadist attack

By AFP
Mali File photo shows fighters from the Islamic jihadist group of MUJAO on guard near Gao airport in northern Mali on August 7, 2012.  By Romaric Ollo Hien (AFP/File)
FRI, 16 JAN 2015
File photo shows fighters from the Islamic jihadist group of MUJAO on guard near Gao airport in northern Mali on August 7, 2012. By Romaric Ollo Hien (AFP/File)

Bamako (AFP) - At least two Malian soldiers were killed Friday in a jihadist attack on the town of Tenenkou in central Mali.

"Several people from both sides" may have died in the clash between troops and Islamist fighters in the town 470 kilometres (292 miles) north of the capital Bamako, a UN military source told AFP.

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