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Mali holds tribute for assassinated defence minister under tight security
Mali held a tribute ceremony for its assassinated defence minister in Bamako on Thursday under tight security. Sadio Camara was killed in a rebel bomb attack over the weekend as fighters from a Tuareg separatist group and an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group launched an assault against the military junta.
A farewell ceremony was held in Mali's capital, Bamako, on Thursday for Defense Minister Sadio Camara, who died from wounds sustained in an attack on his home in Kati last weekend. The ceremony took place at the 34th Military Engineering Battalion headquarters, in the presence of transitional president Assimi Goïta, amidst heavy security, and was broadcast live on state television. The funeral procession included a coffin draped in the Malian fl…
A national tribute was paid on Thursday in Bamako, in the presence of the head of the Malian junta Assimi Goïta and in front of thousands of people, to the Minister of Defense Sadio Camara, killed this weekend during the unprecedented rebel attacks against the military regime. The ceremony, which took place at the battalion of military genius located in the city centre of the Malian capital, took place under very high security, with a strong pre…
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