2026年4月25日 / 美国东部时间上午10:25 / 美联社
多名居民和官员表示，武装人员周六清晨袭击了马里首都及其他城市的多处目标，此次袭击可能是协同策划的。
马里军方在一份声明中称，“不明武装恐怖团伙袭击了巴马科的部分地点和军营”，士兵们正“全力剿灭袭击者”。随后军方在另一份声明中表示局势已得到控制。
马里长期遭受基地组织和伊斯兰国分支武装叛乱的困扰，北部同时存在分裂主义叛乱活动。
一名在巴马科的美联社记者听到距市中心约9英里的莫迪博·凯塔国际机场传来持续的重型武器和自动步枪射击声，并看到有直升机在附近街区上空飞行。该机场毗邻马里空军使用的空军基地。一名住在机场附近的居民也报告称听到了枪声，并有三架直升机在头顶巡逻。
居民报告枪声与爆炸
马里其他城市的居民周六上午报告称听到枪声和爆炸声，表明武装团伙可能发动了协同袭击。
巴马科附近的卡蒂镇是马里主要军事基地所在地，一名当地居民表示，他清晨被枪声和爆炸声惊醒。马里军事政变领导人阿西米·戈伊塔将军就居住在卡蒂。
社交媒体上的视频显示，武装分子乘坐卡车和摩托车在空无一人的城镇街道上行进，居民们惊恐地旁观。北部基达尔和加奥的其他视频显示，街道上发生交火，地面上有尸体。
该镇前市长通过电话告诉美联社，武装人员进入基达尔，控制了部分街区，并与军方发生交火。他因担心自身安全要求匿名。
图阿雷格人领导的阿扎瓦德分裂运动发言人穆罕默德·埃尔马卢德·拉马丹在Facebook上表示，其武装力量已控制基达尔以及东北部城市加奥的部分地区。美联社无法独立核实这一说法。
分裂主义分子多年来一直在为在马里北部建立阿扎瓦德国而战斗。他们曾将安全部队赶出该地区，直到2015年的和平协议破裂，为部分前叛乱分子被编入马里军队铺平了道路。
加奥的一名居民表示，周六凌晨开始出现枪声和爆炸，直到上午晚些时候仍能听到。
“爆炸的威力让我家的门窗都在晃动，我吓得魂飞魄散，”这名居民通过电话告诉美联社。他因担心自身安全要求匿名。该居民表示，枪声来自彼此相邻的军营和机场。
多年来最大规模协同袭击
美国驻巴马科大使馆发布安全警报称，“有报告称卡蒂附近以及巴马科的莫迪博·凯塔国际机场附近发生爆炸和枪击事件”，并提醒“美国公民应就地避难，避免前往这些区域，直至获得进一步通知”。
康拉德·阿登纳基金会萨赫勒项目负责人乌尔夫·莱辛表示，此次袭击似乎是马里多年来规模最大的协同袭击。
“尤其令人担忧的是，支持基地组织的JNIM（伊斯兰马格里布基地组织）显然与图阿雷格叛乱分子协同策划了今日的袭击：2012年，圣战分子和图阿雷格叛乱分子联手占领了马里北部，引发了该地区的安全危机，”莱辛说道。
马里与邻国尼日尔和布基纳法索长期以来一直在打击与基地组织和伊斯兰国有关的武装团体，这场斗争在过去十年中不断升级。
在军事政变后，这三个国家的军政府已从西方盟友转向俄罗斯寻求打击伊斯兰武装分子的帮助。
但分析师表示，近期马里、尼日尔和布基纳法索的安全局势持续恶化，武装分子发动的袭击数量创下纪录。政府军也被指控杀害他们怀疑与武装分子勾结的平民。
2024年，一个与基地组织有关联的团伙声称对巴马科机场和首都一处军事训练营的袭击负责，造成数十人死亡。
Armed groups in Mali attack capital, other cities in possible coordinated effort, army says
April 25, 2026 / 10:25 AM EDT / AP
Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said.
Mali’s army said in a statement that “unidentified armed terrorist groups targeted certain locations and barracks” in Bamako and that soldiers were “engaged in eliminating the attackers.” It said in another statement later the situation was under control.
Mali has been plagued by insurgencies fought by affiliates of al Qaeda and the Islamic State group, as well as a separatist rebellion in the north.
An Associated Press journalist in Bamako heard sustained heavy weapons and automatic rifle gunfire coming from Modibo Keïta International Airport, around 9 miles from the city center, and saw a helicopter over nearby neighborhoods. The airport is adjacent to an air base used by Mali’s air force. A resident living near the airport also reported gunfire and three helicopters patrolling overhead.
An aerial view of Bamako, Mali, Saturday, April 25, 2026. AP
Residents report gunfire and blasts
Residents in other cities in Mali reported gunfire and blasts on Saturday morning, suggesting a possible coordinated attack by armed groups.
A resident of Kati, a town near Bamako that is home to Mali’s main military base, also said he was woken up early in the morning by the sounds of gunfire and explosions. Gen. Assimi Goita, the leader of Mali’s military junta, resides in Kati.
Videos on social media showed militant convoys in trucks and motorcycles moving through the town’s deserted streets, while residents looked on fearfully. Other videos in the northern towns of Kidal and Gao showed gunfire exchanges in the streets, with dead bodies lying on the ground.
Gunmen entered Kidal, taking control of some neighborhoods and leading to exchanges of fire with the army, a former mayor of the town told the AP over the phone. He spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear for his safety.
Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, a spokesperson for the Tuareg-led Azawad separatist movement,said on Facebook its forces had taken control of Kidal as well as some areas in Gao, another northeastern city. The AP could not independently verify his claim.
The separatists have been fighting for years to create the state of Azawad in northern Mali. They once drove security forces from the region, before a 2015 peace deal that has since collapsed paved the way for some ex-rebels to be integrated into the Malian military.
A resident of Gao said gunfire and explosions started in the early hours of Saturday and could still be heard in the late morning.
“The force of the explosions is making the doors and windows of my house shake. I’m scared out of my wits,” the resident told the AP by phone. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns for his safety. The resident said the gunfire came from the army camp and the airport, which are right next to each other.
Largest coordinated attack in years
The U.S. Embassy in Bamako issued a security alert, saying, “There have been reports of explosions and gunfire near Kati and the Modibo Keita International Airport in Bamako,” and, “U.S. citizens should shelter in place and avoid travel to these destinations until further information becomes available.”
Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel program at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, said the assault seems to be the largest coordinated attack in years in Mali.
“It’s especially concerning that JNIM (al Qaeda-affiliated group) apparently has been coordinating today’s attacks with Tuareg rebels: Jihadists and Tuareg rebels teamed up in 2012 when they overran northern Mali, sparking the region’s security crisis,” Laessing said.
Mali, alongside neighboring Niger and Burkina Faso, has long been battling armed groups affiliated with al Qaeda and the Islamic State group, a fight that has escalated over the past decade.
Following military coups, the juntas in the three countries have turned from Western allies to Russia for help in combating Islamic militants.
But the security situation in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso has worsened in recent times, analysts say, with a record number of attacks by militants. Government forces have also been accused of killing civilians they suspect of collaborating with militants.
In 2024, an al Qaeda-linked group claimed an attack on Bamako’s airport and a military training camp in the capital, killing scores of people.