According to several sources, after coming under a second fatal attack in less than a week, the Malian Army on Friday withdrew from a major base at the center of the country, as according to several sources, the country faces lifting in jihadi attacks.At least 30 soldiers were killed at the Boltsy Army base in Central Mali on Sunday in an attack claimed by the al-Qaeda affiliated group for support of Islam and Muslim (JNIM).On Friday, a religious holiday in Mali, soldiers left the post after a new deadly attack, locals and a military source said, many deaths occurred in Thursday’s attack.A civil servant told AFP, “We are worried in BulksC here, very worried.” “The soldiers have left the Bolecasie camp. They left with all their belongings. The camp was again attacked yesterday,” the person said.Mali marked the Muslim festival of Eid al-Dada, locally known on Talski, Friday.A local elected officer told AFP, “After a holiday prayer today, we saw that the previous Malian soldiers who were in the Bolecasie camp had left the camp.” Describing the departure as “on the request of hierarchy”, a security source told the AFP that the step was “strategic”, on the contrary “what the enemies of the gardener said”. Another military source called it “purely strategic”.While the authorities reported at least 30 dead in the first attack on Boltsy on Sunday, JNIM alleged that he had killed more than 100 personnel and took another 22 prisoners on its al-Zallaka Foundation Media platform.The statement was verified by the site on Saturday, an American organization that follows radical groups.The attackers on Monday launched an additional attack at an army base and airport, which was at the airport in the northern city of Timbaktu.Then on Thursday, the rebels attacked an army post in Mahou village in the South -East Sikaso area, killing five.General of the army accepted an increase in violence in a statement on Thursday, stating that the recent weeks were marked by “resurrection of cowardice and barbaric attacks against local people, peaceful population, as well as military bases”.It states that “these acts are being done by the alliance of armed terrorist groups of all experienced people with internal and external support”.Authorities have applied or expanded curfews to many places across the country, especially in Timbaktu, Sikaso, Segau and Dela areas.Junta-ruled Mali has since faced attacks of al-Qaeda and Islamic State Group as well as separatist movements and criminal gangs.
