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An earlier suicide bomber on a motorcycle also blew himself up at the same security spot on Friday, killing only himself.īesides Gao, French and Malian forces have also retaken the fabled city of Timbuktu and other northern towns, pushing the Islamic extremists back into the desert, where they pose a constant threat to Malian and allied forces. On Saturday night, a suicide bomber detonated himself at a checkpoint at the entrance to the city, killing himself and wounded one Malian soldier. The Islamic radicals had already tried to spread violence into Gao. There were no signs of civilian casualties. Piles of onions lay unattended where market women fled when the Islamists arrived. One family handed plastic cups of water through the locked iron gate to others hiding on their patio. The Islamic radicals fought against the Malian army throughout the afternoon and were seen roaming the narrow streets blanketed in sand and on rooftops in the center of Gao, which had a population of 90,000 before the conflict caused thousands to flee.įamilies hid in their homes. The attack in Gao shows the Islamic fighters, many of them well-armed and with combat experience, are determined and daring and it foreshadows a protracted campaign by France and other nations to restore government control in this vast Saharan nation in northwest Africa. Later the sound of gunfire was replaced by the clattering of French military helicopters overhead. in downtown Gao and the fighting was continuing as night fell. Gunfire echoed for hours across the city of mud-walled buildings. Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles invaded Gao in wooden boats Sunday to launch a surprise attack on the most populous city in northern Mali, two weeks after French and Malian troops ousted the jihadists.

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