Suspected militants massacre more than 130 civilians over the weekend in neighbouring central Mali towns, officials say, the latest mass killings in the troubled Sahel region
Local officials reported scenes of systematic killings by armed men in Diallassagou and two surrounding towns in the Bankass circle, a longtime hotbed of Sahelian violence.
Members of the Katiba Macina group assaulted at least three villages in the rural commune of Bankass, in Mali's central Mopti region, on the night between Saturday and Sunday, the government said in a statement on Monday. Local officials reported scenes of systematic killings by armed men in Diallassagou and two surrounding towns in the Bankass circle, a longtime hotbed of Sahelian violence.
He and another official, who like him had fled his village, said the death toll was still being counted on Monday.
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