BAMAKO - Unidentified armed men have killed around 40 people in an attack on a village in insurgent-plagued central Mali, local officials said on Tuesday. “It was a very serious attack, armed men surrounded the village and shot at people,” said Bankass Mayor Moulaye Guindo by phone. He was not able to share a death toll, but two local officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said around 40 people were killed. “It was carnage, they surrounded the village where there was a wedding … There was panic, some people managed to flee. The insecurity has helped spur two coups in Mali, one in Burkina Faso, and one in Niger since 2020.

Source: The Nation July 04, 2024 12:07 UTC