SANAA, Nov. 13 (Saba) - At least three Malian civilians were killed and four foreigners injured by a suicide attack in the northern Nigerian city of Gao targeting a demining company contracted by the United Nations.
The AFP quoted the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection in Mali in a statement that at about eight o'clock in a car bomb exploded four-wheeled house in the neighborhood No. 8 in the city of Gao, and then exploded an explosive device was placed inside the car mentioned, killing three civilians and wounding two others in the a primary death toll ".
The statement added that the bombing damaged neighboring houses.
For his part, said a local official of the French agency that "two civilians Malians were near the target housing killed in the attack."
A Western diplomatic source said four foreigners "two from Cambodia, one from South Africa and one from Zimbabwe are working in the company were injured during this terrorist attack ."
A Jihadist Organization as al-Qaeda’s branch in Mali has claimed the suicide bomb blast in Gao.
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The AFP quoted the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection in Mali in a statement that at about eight o'clock in a car bomb exploded four-wheeled house in the neighborhood No. 8 in the city of Gao, and then exploded an explosive device was placed inside the car mentioned, killing three civilians and wounding two others in the a primary death toll ".
The statement added that the bombing damaged neighboring houses.
For his part, said a local official of the French agency that "two civilians Malians were near the target housing killed in the attack."
A Western diplomatic source said four foreigners "two from Cambodia, one from South Africa and one from Zimbabwe are working in the company were injured during this terrorist attack ."
A Jihadist Organization as al-Qaeda’s branch in Mali has claimed the suicide bomb blast in Gao.
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SABA