Dozens killed in attack on village in central Mali
Al Jazeera
Mali has been plagued by al-Qaeda-linked and ethnically based armed groups, but forced out UN peacekeepers.
Unidentified armed men have killed approximately 40 people in an attack on a village in central Mali, local officials said.
The attack took place on Monday in Djiguibombo village in the Mopti region, one of several areas in Mali’s north and centre where groups linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) have been active for more than a decade.
“It was a very serious attack, armed men surrounded the village and shot at people,” Moulaye Guindo, the mayor of Bankass town, told the Reuters news agency.
While he did not provide a death toll, two local officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said about 40 people were killed.
“It was carnage, they surrounded the village where there was a wedding … There was panic, some people managed to flee, but many were killed, most of them men,” said one of the officials.
