A suicide car bomber attacked French troops patrolling in central #Mali on Monday, according to #France's #military, wounding six soldiers and four civilians including a child in the war-torn West African country. The French soldiers, who were travelling in a vehicle, were on a reconnaissance mission near the town of Gossi to secure the area around a nearby forward operating base. Dominique Trinquand, former head of French military mission to the UN speaks to FRANCE 24.

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