Fighters from the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda-linked group, has set fire to food trucks heading to Bamako, the capital of Mali.
The members of the group have also reportedly attacked a prison in Mali in a new wave of attacks across the country.
According to a report by Al Jazeera, the terrorist group stormed the Kenieroba Central Prison, a recently built complex dubbed “Africa’s Alcatraz”, located about 60km (37 miles) southwest of Bamako.
Reports say the prison houses 2,500 prisoners, including at least 72 inmates considered “high value” by the Malian state.
Malian armed forces were repelling the attack, according to reports which claimed among the prisoners are JNIM fighters and a number of people arrested following large-scale attacks last month by the group’s fighters and Tuareg separatists, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA).
