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Attack on French Embassy in Mali Wounds 2

   VOA News 06 January 2011
   Bullet  holes  and  burn  marks  are visible on the gate of the French
   Embassy  following  an  attack  in the evening in Bamako, Mali, 05 Jan
   2011

Photo: AP

   Bullet  holes  and  burn  marks  are visible on the gate of the French
   Embassy  following  an  attack  in the evening in Bamako, Mali, 05 Jan
   2011

   Security  officials in Mali say two people were wounded Wednesday when
   a  man  threw an explosive device at the gate of the French embassy in
   Bamako.
   Police said the man they arrested for the attack says he is a Tunisian
   citizen and a member of al-Qaida.
   Security  guards  at  the  embassy said a man fired shots and threw an
   explosive device at the embassy gate. Â
   Malian police officials said the device was a gas cylinder.
   Witnesses said the wounded are both Malian.
   The north African branch of al-Qaida operates across the Sahel region,
   along  the  margins  of  the Sahara Desert, and has staged a number of
   bombings and kidnappings in recent years.

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