Tuareg rebels attack town
15/09/2007 19:24  - (SA)  

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Bamako - Tuareg rebels in Mali on Friday attacked Tinzaouatene, a remote town near the northern border with Algeria, local government and army sources said.

"Armed bandits this morning attacked our troops based in Tinzaouatene. Our troops are retaliating," a senior local government official told AFP by telephone from Kidal region.

Several military sources reached by telephone in the region, some 2 000km northeast of the capital, confirmed the rebel attack.

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