Suspected jihadists kill over 30 Tuaregs in Mali: sources
By Afp
Published: 11:58 EDT, 28 April 2018 | Updated: 11:58 EDT, 28 April 2018
Malian army soldiers, pro-government militia members and former Tuareg rebels have started joint patrols in the north
uspected jihadists killed more than 30 Tuaregs on Mali's northeastern border with Niger, informed sources said Saturday, in the second such attack in two days.
The former Tuareg rebel group MSA and tribal leaders said the massacre occurred Friday, a day after another attack by gunmen on motorbikes had left 12 people dead outside the town of Anderamboukane, which is also in the same area.
"There have been 43 deaths in two days, all civilians, from the same community," tribal leader Sidigui Ag Hamadi told AFP from the regional capital Menaka.
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Per the remainder of the article, these may have been reprisal attacks on civilians.
