(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
Bamako, Jumada I 10, 1439, Jan 27, 2018, SPA -- The death toll has risen to 26 in an attack on a bus carrying civilian passengers in the town of Boni earlier this week, the United Nations mission in Mali said.
Acording to dpa, the explosive device went off while the bus was travelling from neighbouring Burkina Faso, the UN mission named MINUSMA said in a statement late on Friday.
The bus explosion took place during fighting between government forces and Islamist fighters in the country's central region of Youwaro.
--SPA
14:56 LOCAL TIME 11:56 GMT
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