An operation by French troops in Mali has left 10 militants, thought to be behind the recent hotel massacre, dead or captured.
The troops raided a location near Menaka, in Mali's east, on Saturday, seizing arms and vehicles.
The target of the raid, the al-Murabitoun group says it was behind the attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako in November.
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