Mutiny fears after gunfire heard at army base in Mali

Malian soldiers. Gunfire broke out at a key army base near Mali's capital Bamako on August 18, 2020. FILE PHOTO | AFP
 

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Gunfire broke out at a key army base near Mali's capital Bamako on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said, triggering fears of a mutiny in the crisis-stricken Sahel state.

Details of the events were sketchy, but the sources said the soldiers fired their guns into the air at a base in Kati, a town some 15 kilometres from Bamako.