French and Malian government forces have regained control of the strategic northern city of Gao after Islamic fighters tried to retake it.
Hundreds of residents gathered around the heavily damaged police headquarters building in the centre of the city where body parts lay strewn about a day after al Qaeda-linked militants launched a surprise attack on the city.
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