A suicide bomber attacked the same checkpoint in Gao on Feb. 9 where another suicide bomber detonated the day before. The Feb. 9 bomber, said to be an Arab from MUJAO, killed only himself; a Malian soldier was wounded. MUJAO fighters penetrated into Gao and attacked Malian troops, who battled the Islamist fighters in the streets of the city.
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