Two Mali soldiers killed in bomb attack

BAMAKO: Two Malian soldiers were killed and two were wounded by a roadside bomb, an army spokesman said Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit volatile central Mali.

The soldiers were travelling to the town of Douentza, in the central region of Mopti, on Tuesday when their vehicle struck the bomb, according to Mali army colonel Diarran Kone. "The route we took was mined. My life was saved because I was (sitting) behind," one of the wounded troops, who declined to be named, said.