Armed group mounts double attack on artisanal mining site in Mali, leaving 3 dead and abducting 2

Armed group mounts double attack on artisanal mining site in Mali, leaving 3 dead and abducting 2

An armed group has attacked an artisanal gold mining site in southern Mali, one of Africa’s largest gold-producing countries.

On the morning of May 12, an armed faction suspected of belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) carried out a coordinated double attack on an artisanal gold mining complex in the town of Narina, about 100 kilometers southwest of Bamako. The raids killed three miners, kidnapped two Chinese technicians, and caused extensive damage to heavy mining equipment. Sequence of the attack: The first attack began a…