Horror in Mali: armed men killed 110 members of a nomadic community

At least 100 people were killed and dozens more injured during an attack perpetrated on Saturday in central Mali by "donzo" militias (traditional hunters), who depend on the Bambara ethnic group. against Peul herders, one of the worst killings in recent years in the country.

Tribal sources and local politicians informed EFE what thirty or so armed menIn the donzo uniform, they broke out in the morning in Ogossagou, in the Bankbad region of the Mopti region, and attacked the predominantly Peul nomadic population.

"The attackers attacked the people of the north-east and south-east and opened fire on residents, the elderly, children and women, without distinction"., a local councilor attacked told EFE in telephone statements.

The counselor, who described as a "mbadacre" what happened, said that More than 400 houses were burned and "the city turned into ashes".

For the moment, the Malian government has not ruled on this event.

This attack coincides with the conclusion today of a two-day visit to Bamako by a UN Security Council delegation to badess the current mandate of its Mali peacekeeping mission, Minusma.

The region of Mopti was in 2018 the scene of intermittent clashes between touareg groups rival or between hunters and shepherds for control of the land and for religious reasons, hunters accusing the Fulani to have links with local jihadist groups. .

The NGO Human Rights Watch warned that in 2018, more than 200 civilians were killed and dozens of villages burned in central Mali as a result of attacks by militias formed by ethnic groups of the region.

With Reuters information