At least 21 civilians killed in central Mali attack

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The West African nation is battling a violent insurgency with links to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State.

BAMAKO: Gunmen killed at least 21 civilians in an attack on a village in central Mali’s insurgency-hit Mopti region on Friday, two local sources said on Saturday.

“It was real carnage, armed men burst into the village and fired on people. The toll is heavy between 20 and 30 killed and wounded,” one of the sources said by phone. Reuters was not able to independently verify their accounts. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Militants have since spread to other countries in the Sahel region south of the Sahara, seizing territory, killing thousands, and uprooting millions of people in the process.

 

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