Mali: Jihadist group claims to have killed four Russian Wagner group mercenaries

An affiliate of Al Qaeda in Mali claimed on Monday to have killed four mercenaries from Russia’s private military firm Wagner Group in an ambush around Bandiagara in central Mali.

The media wing of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), said in a statement its fighters clashed with the mercenaries on Saturday in Mopti region, according to a translation by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist statements.

Two local officials confirmed to the AFP news agency that four…