Over 130 Killed In An Upsurge In Ethnic And Jihadist Violence In Mali

DW: More than 130 people from Muslim ethnic group killed in Mali after gunmen disguise themselves as hunters

A group of gunmen who disguised themselves as traditional hunters have surrounded a Mali village and killed at least 134 Fulani herders, with pregnant women and children among the dead.

It was the deadliest such attack of recent times in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence.

Moulaye Guindo, mayor of the nearby town of Bankass, said armed men, dressed as traditional Donzo hunters, encircled and attacked Ogossagou.

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