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Car bombing kills four in northern Mali

27 February 2013 02:38 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. At least four people have been killed in a car bombing in the northern Malian town of Kidal, APA reports quoting Press TV.

The incident took place at a security checkpoint in the southeast of the city on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Earlier in the day, France dismissed the possibility of pulling its troops out of Mali in the near future, saying the troops are involved in "very violent fighting" in the mountains of northern Mali.

France launched its war on Mali on January 11 under the pretext of halting the advance of fighters in the country. The war has left thousands of Malians homeless.

On February 1, Amnesty International condemned “serious human rights breaches” including the killing of “three children” in the French war in Mali.

The rights organization said there was “evidence that at least five civilians, including three children, were killed in an airstrike” carried out by French forces against the local fighters.

Some political analysts believe that Mali’s abandoned natural resources, including gold and uranium reserves, could be one of the reasons behind the French war.