A car bomb targeted the home of Mali Defence Minister Sadio Camara, resulting in the deaths of Camara and several family members. The attack occurred in Kita, outside the capital, amidst ongoing conflict between the army and rebels.

Defence Minister Sadio Camara, his second wife and two of his grandchildren died after a car bomb attack on his home in the junta stronghold of Kita, outside Bamako, his family and an official said