They kidnapped his son, four days later, they found him dead and in the center of the burial, the body exploded – 03/02/2019

Boukary Guindo, a resident of the Dogon community in Mali, went to get food for the animals from his farm on February 22nd and never went home. Four days later, his parents found his body lifeless, lying in bushes a few kilometers from your home. The 40-year-old man was kidnapped by the violent jihadist group that was engaged in a bloody armed clash with the G5 Sahel, an official military force. But the tragedy in this region was just beginning.

Neighbors and parents, without any suspicion, decided to bury his dead, without ever imagining that the corpse could become a deadly weapon. Inside, the body was filled with explosives and, after a few movements at the funeral, it exploded, killing 17 more people.

Oumar Guindo, a resident of the area, told the local newspaper Nordsud Journal what had happened: "They dug the grave and at the moment of slipping the body, it exploded. Seventeen people died and three others were injured. "

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This information was confirmed by Youssouf Aya, deputy of the National Assembly. "This is a young man who went to look for grbad in the forest. He was shot dead by armed men unidentified His parents had found the body, "said the parliamentarian.

For the moment, the murderers have not been found. The army and neighbors of the area proceeded to the burial of the dead. This act can revive the cycle of communal violence in Koro's circle, in the center of the country.

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"This is a method that jihadists use to cause the greatest number of deaths"This episode does not represent an isolated event, but it is part of a violent escalation between the army and the jihadist groups in the North that are already accumulating hundreds of deaths in different cases," said an expert. topic.

The fighting has been going on in Mali since 2012, when extremists took control of the north of the country. Large parts of the country remain outside the control of the government, despite a peace agreement of 2015 designed to isolate the Islamists.

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French forces, at the request of the Malian government, intervened in the conflict and forced the insurgents to withdraw, although jihadist groups have maintained their presence in the northern and central regions.

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