At least 12 civilians were killed in northern Mali in an attack on a market that also involved the shooting of a Malian soldier, military sources said on Sunday.
The attack took place Saturday in the town of Boulekessi near the border with Burkina Faso.
“Malian troops under the G5 Sahel command are at the centre of this incident,” a military source from the joint force of soldiers from five Sahel countries told AFP.
“One of the soldiers had been attacked by an armed man at the market in Boulekessi. Afterwards, in circumstances not yet clear, at least 12 civilians at the site were killed,” the source said.
A Malian military source added that it was difficult to contact the region by phone and that an investigation was underway “to find out exactly how many civilians were killed and who shot the soldier.”
Contacted by AFP, a former Malian minister, who comes from the region, said that witnesses had claimed the incident was due to military “blunders” and that…
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