Mali is arrested by dozens of soldiers on the alleged coup attempt against Junta

The sources say that dozens of soldiers have been arrested in Mali accused of planning to drop military leaders in the country.

The wave of arrests, which was reported overnight and is expected to continue, reflects increasing tensions within the military government, with reports that the jihadist rebellion in the north is gaining land. The authorities did not comment on the arrests.

Initial reports indicated that General Abbas Dembele, the former governor of the Mobti region and General Nima Sajara, one of the few women at the highest levels of the financial army, was among the detainees.

However, a source close to General Dembele told the BBC that no of them had been arrested.

The source, who confirmed the ongoing arrests, told the BBC in Bamako that he had just left the house of General Dembele and was “well.”

The News Agency told AFP that the detained soldiers were planning to overthrow the government, citing multiple sources within the Military Transitional Council supported by the Military Council.

It quoted the legislator whose name was not revealed in the National Transition Council as saying: “All of them are soldiers. Their goal was to overthrow the military council.”

He said there were about 50 arrests, while a security source said that there were at least 20 detention operations, linked to “attempts to destabilize institutions,” according to AFP reports.

According to what was reported, the arrests were continuing for several days.

They come amid political tension that increased due to the military council’s campaign against former prime ministers Musa Mara and Mujili Mayja regarding accusations of harming the reputation of the state and embezzlement.

Mara, an explicit critic of the military government, It has been in detention since August 1While MAIGA faces judicial sanctions.

In May, the Military Council resolved all political parties after the rare anti -government protests, which it described as a severe blow to the reconciliation efforts started by military leaders last year.

The leader of the Military Council, General Asimi Joita, who seized power through two coups in 2020 and 2021, promised the elections last year, but this was never held.

In July, The transition period has been extended five yearsHis purification to continue leading the country until at least 2030.

Mali has been fighting an Islamic rebellion since 2012 – one of the reasons that were presented to the military acquisition, but the attacks of the jihadist groups continued until it increased.

Besides her Neighborhood neighbors and Burkina Faso, she recruited the allies of the Russian allies to contain jihadist attacks in the region after breaking relations with France – but there were no significant improvements in security.