13 troopers have been confirmed killed following a collision between two French navy helicopters throughout a raid on jihadists in Mali. It’s the single biggest lack of navy personnel since France intervened in 2013.
“The president proclaims with deep unhappiness the dying of 13 French troops in Mali on the night of November 25, in an accident between their two helicopters throughout a fight mission in opposition to jihadists,” a press release from Emmanuel Macron’s workplace stated on Tuesday.
In keeping with stories, the fatalities concerned six military officers, six non-commissioned officers and a corporal.
France at the moment has over four,500 troops on the bottom in Mali serving to to struggle in opposition to a number of jihadist insurgencies throughout the Sahel area.
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Militant teams aligned with each Islamic State and Al Qaeda have launched sporadic assaults throughout the sparsely populated area for years. Central and northern Mali particularly have been used as staging grounds for assaults in different international locations up to now.
France was already reeling from the lack of Brigadier Ronan Pointeau who was killed in Mali earlier this month when an improvised explosive machine detonated close to his car. Islamist militants killed dozens of Malian troopers earlier this month in one of many deadliest assaults within the nation’s latest historical past.
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