Three Indians seized in Mali during militant attacks


Three Indian men were seized during a coordinated attack on the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, the main city in Mali. - Google Street View

NEW DELHI: Three Indians working in Mali were kidnapped from a cement factory during a spate of militant attacks this week in the troubled west African nation, New Delhi's foreign ministry said.

The men were seized Tuesday (July 1) when "a group of armed assailants carried out a coordinated attack at the factory premises" of the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, the main city in Mali's western region, the ministry said in a statement late Wednesday.

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