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An update from UK ops in #Mali: Two weeks ago an armed group committed an atrocious killing of over 50 civilians in the villages around Outagouna. The #Malian Army and Nigerien troops from @UN_MINUSMA were first on the scene. We were not far behind.
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The 🇬🇧LRRG is 250-strong, but it isn’t designated as a QRF.
Yet we can move fast and stay deployed on the ground for a month at a time, providing security for longer than most.
Yet we can move fast and stay deployed on the ground for a month at a time, providing security for longer than most.
Outtagouna is around 150km from Gao. So the first phase was getting south. We received the news in the middle of the night and were moving 250 soldiers South first thing the next morning.
It wasn’t long before we were outside the town.
It wasn’t long before we were outside the town.
