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Suicide car-bomber kills Malian soldier at Timbuktu airport


    BAMAKO (Reuters) - A suicide car-bomber killed a Malian soldier and wounded six others at the airport in the northern town of Timbuktu overnight, a spokesman for Mali's army said on Thursday.

    It was the first suicide attack in Timbuktu since French and Malian forces chased al Qaeda-linked militants from the ancient trading town nearly two months ago.

    (Reporting by David Lewis; Additional reporting by Leigh Thomas in Paris; Editing by Alistair Lyon)