According to police and local authorities, an explosion in central Mali on Thursday claimed the lives of at least eleven passengers on a bus.
Early in the afternoon, a bomb between Bandiagara and Goundaka in the Mopti region hit the bus, according to a security source.
“Nine bodies have just been transported to the clinic. And it hasn’t ended yet “Earlier, Moussa Housseyni from the neighborhood Bandiagara Youth Association had claimed.
An anonymous police officer provided a preliminary death toll of 11 and many significant injury totals.
A protracted Islamist conflict in Mali has displaced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and claimed thousands of lives.
Among the weapons of choice for jihadists are mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). They can be remotely detonated or explode upon impact.
According to a report by the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, as of August 31 there had been 72 fatalities due to mines and IEDs. The majority of the victims are troops, while a quarter are reported to be civilians.
