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Al Qaeda-linked group claims deadly attack at Mali resort

BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) – A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda on Monday (June 19) claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least five people at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako. The militants’ al-Zallaqa Media Foundation posted a statement on its Telegram channel saying that al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Mali, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, had said the attack bears a message to the […]