DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The funeral was held on Thursday of Mali ‘s former defense minister Gen. Sadio Camara, a key architect of the military government’s security partnership with Russia.

Camara was killed during last weekend’s coordinated militant attack in the West African nation, the largest in over a decade.

His death, and the major setback endured by the Malian army and its Russian mercenary allies, risk creating divisions within the junta and could lead it to reconsider its partnership with Moscow, analysts say.

After two days of national mourning, a funeral ceremony for Camara was attended by junta leader Gen. Assimi Goita and broadcast live on national television.…