Other MoA event in Sikasso, Niena area, Mali on Wed 29th December 2021

Other sources inform us that on the same day, the gendarmerie in Niena, in the Sikasso cercle, was the target of a terrorist attack at the beginning of the night, precisely at 7pm. The premises of the gendarmerie were completely burnt down and a vehicle was taken away. About ten armed men launched the assault. Local sources confirm that the gendarmerie premises and a vehicle were burnt. The assailants were seen, a few moments after the attack, towards Karangasso, 7km from Nièna, in the direction of Blendio which is 22km from Nièna. At around 9pm, reinforcements came from Sikasso, and the car taken from the deputy CB was abandoned by the armed men after Blendio, near Tiôboubougou; the reason for the abandonment is said to be a flat tire.