Mali: Army foils attack in Timbuktu, a day after jihadist assault killed 30 soldiers

The Malian army said it had foiled an attack on a military camp in Timbuktu on Monday morning. Local officials and eyewitnesses said a car bomb exploded in the city centre, followed by gunfire.

The Malian Armed Forces reported 13 deaths, all among the assailants. “The terrorists were quickly defeated by the swiftness of the soldiers’ reaction”, the army said in a statement on Monday afternoon.

They said they had seized weaponry and…