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‘Reuters’ quoted local officials in Mali as saying that unidentified gunmen killed about 40 people in an attack on the village of Djiguibombo in the Mopti region in central Mali.
The attack, which occurred on Monday, targeted the village of Djiguibombo, one of several areas in northern and central Mali, where armed groups linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS have been active for more than a decade.
The mayor of Bankass, Moulay Guindo, said that the attack was “very dangerous, as armed men surrounded the village and shot people,” noting that the attack occurred during a wedding, which led to a state of panic among the attendees.
The mayor was unable to determine the exact number of deaths, but other local officials reported that the attack killed about 40 people, most of them men.
A local official said: “It was a massacre. They surrounded the village where a wedding was taking place. There was panic, and some people managed to escape, but many were killed.”
The identity of the attackers has not been determined, and no party has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
Mali has been suffering for years from insecurity due to the activities of armed groups linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS, which have caused a state of chaos and ongoing violence in the north and center of the country.
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