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AsiaPac · 21 mins ago

Separatists release six wounded Malian soldiers

Tuareg separatists released six wounded Malian soldiers Sunday, they said, just three days after liberating dozens of others, as the insurgents and their jihadist allies battle the country's military government.Separatists release six wounded Malian soldiersThe Tuareg separatist Azawad Liberation Front said in a statement that it had "handed over six wounded Malian soldiers", who had been taken prisoner during clashes with the armed forces, to a mission from the International Committee of the Red Cross .For its part, the ICRC said it had "facilitated the transfer of six injured people" from a health centre in the northern town of Kidal to the hospital in Gao, without specifying who the individuals were.A Malian administrative official in Gao confirmed the FLA had released the six Malian so
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