They kidnapped a man. After four days, they found him dead and his funeral caused a devastating tragedy.

March 2, 2019

The event took place in the Dogon community in Mali. The victim was a 40-year-old man who had left his home to look for food for the animals on his farm.

A man from the community of Dogon in Mali He went to get food for the animals from his farm and never went home. His parents found his body lifeless four days later, lying in bushes a few kilometers from his home. Boukary Guindo was kidnapped by the jihadist group that was engaged in a bloody armed clash with the official military force, the G5 Sahel. Despite the unfortunate event, the tragedy was going to be even bigger.

Without any suspicion, neighbors and parents decided to bury the 40-year-old man without imagining that the body could become a deadly weapon. Inside, the body was filled with explosives and, after a few movements at the funeral, it exploded, killing 17 people.

"They dug the grave and when they slipped the body, it exploded, seventeen people died and three others were wounded", has explained Oumar Guindo, local resident, local newspaper Nordsud Journal.

Youssouf Aya, deputy of the National Assembly, confirmed the information. "He was a young man who went to get grbad in the forest and was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, his parents found the body."said the parliamentarian.

Until now, the murderers have not been found. The army and neighbors of the area surrendered to the burial of the dead. This episode reflects the situation experienced in the circle of koro, in the center of the country.

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"It's a method that jihadists use to cause the greatest number of deaths", a subject specialist said at The defense post. In addition, this tragic event is not an isolated event but part of a violent escalation between the army and the jihadist groups in the north, which already accumulate hundreds of deaths in different cases.

The clashes take place at Mali since 2012, when extremists took control of the north of the country. Despite the peace agreement signed in 2015 to isolate Islamists, large parts of the country remain under the control of the government.