Bamako: Members of a coalition of separatist groups have attacked a town in central Mali, killing 11 people and moving violence farther south after a cease-fire was broken last week, a spokesman and the government said.

Moussa Ag Attaher of the Coordination of Azawad Movements said that they attacked the town of Tenenkou in the central Mopti region yesterday. He said the violence was a reaction to the attack against the town of Menaka last week by groups allied with the government, which broke a cease-fire agreement.