Mali says capital under control after insurgent attack

FILE - A general view of the city of Bamako pictured from the point G in Bamako, Mali Aug. 9, 2018. Mali is one of several West African countries fighting an Islamist insurgency that took roots in Mali's arid north in 2012 and has since spread across the Sahel.

Mali said on Tuesday that the capital Bamako was under control after insurgents attacked a gendarmerie training school and other areas before dawn, firing gunshots that reverberated around the city.