(Bamako) Thirty Islamic terrorists were killed in a gunfight with French
and Malian troops near Mali's border with Niger.
French commandos and Malian forces began a "reconnaissance and control operation" in the Akabar region on the 28 March, working in liaison with the Nigerian army and a local self-defence group. On the 1st April, they were bumped by the Jihadists estimated to number around 60 idiots, around 90 kilometres south of Menaka and three kilometres from the Nigerian border.Whilst Malian forces sustained "losses" there were no French casualties. However the jihadists lost over half their number in the gun fight.
