Nigeria, April 27 -- Africa Corps, a Russian paramilitary group, has described the coordinated terror attacks across Mali on Saturday as a coup attempt supported by "Western intelligence services."

PREMIUM TIMES reported that many locations including Bamako, the country's capital, were hit by fighters of the al-Qaeda franchise in the Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), and the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA).

Both groups issued statements acknowledging the attacks, with FLA advising Russia to "reconsider" its alliance with the junta-led government.

The Africa Corps, in a statement written in French on X, said about 10,000 to 12,000 armed men attempted to "seize key facilities in the capital, particularly the presidential ...