Officials say attack targeted village in volatile Mopti region, where herders from predominantly Muslim Fulani people and hunters from Dogon group occasionally clash
Central Mali has become one of the flashpoints of conflict in the country, with regular militant attacks on military targets and occasional intercommunal fighting.
The attack targeted a Fulani village named Binedama in the volatile Mopti region on Friday, said Aly Barry, an official from Tabital Pulaaku, a Fulani association in Mali. A local government official in Koro, a subdivision of the Mopti region, said that the attack on Binedama occurred on Friday afternoon. Central Mali – an ethnic mosaic – has become one of the flashpoints of conflict in the country, with regular militant attacks on military targets and occasional hunter-herder fighting.
Central Mali – an ethnic mosaic – has become one of the flashpoints of conflict in the country, with regular militant attacks on military targets and occasional intercommunal fighting. Led by a firebrand preacher Amadou Koufa, a militia called the Katiba Macina recruited members from among the Fulani and has been accused of ethnically-motivated attacks.
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