Al Mourabitoun, an Islamist group linked to al Qaeda, claimed a suicide bomb attack on a military camp in northern Mali on Wednesday that killed at least 42 people and wounded more than 100 others, according to a Mauritanian news agency.

Al Mourabitoun, led by veteran jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, claimed responsibility in a statement sent to the Mauritanian news agency Alakhbar, regularly used by militant groups to communicate publicly.

Al Mourabitoun is believed to have carried out a number of high-profile attacks across military and civilian targets in Mali and other West African nations.

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