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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's Defense Ministry and a witness say three people have been killed in the central Mopti region by armed men attacking a customs post.
Col. Diarran Kone, spokesman for Mali's Defense Ministry, said Thursday that two civilians and a customs officer died in the attack in Hombori. Mouaouloud Dao, a Hombori resident, said armed men in a 4x4 vehicle came early Thursday to the post and set fire to a car before leaving.
Three soldiers were killed in the same region Tuesday after driving over a land mine.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The Mopti region is known to be a stronghold for the Macina Liberation Front, an Islamic extremist group that claimed responsibility for several attacks on the army last year.
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