11 dead and dozens injured as bus EXPLODES in fireball and hits roof in Mali

A HORROR explosion has killed 11 and injured dozens as a bus blew up in a massive fireball in Mali.

Officials say at least 53 people were injured after the bus was hit by an IED in the Mopti area on Thursday.

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The blast happened on the road between Bandiagara and Goundaka in the Mopti area in the early afternoon, a security source said.

The region is considered a hotbed of jihadist violence.

Previously, the police and local sources gave a preliminary figure of 10 dead and many seriously injured.

Moussa Housseyni, from the local Bandiagara Youth Association, said: “We have just brought nine bodies to the clinic. And it’s not over yet.”

Mali has long grappled with a jihadist insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives and displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes.