At least eight civilians have been killed in central Mali, several sources said on Sunday, accusing the Malian army and Russia’s Wagner group for the latest attack in the troubled west African country.
The country is embroiled in a political, security and economic crisis, and has since 2012 been ravaged by different groups affiliated to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. It also faces a separatist insurgency in the volatile desert north.
“A Hilux four-by-four vehicle … was heading toward a refugee camp in Mauritania when Wagner and the Malian army fired. At least eight civilians were killed” on Thursday, a local official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
“All of the vehicle’s passengers died. They were buried in a mass grave”, a parent of one of the victims told AFP.
A local humanitarian source confirmed the incident, saying the eight civilians were “killed by bullets……
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