At least 40 people, including nine soldiers, killed in spate of attacks in central Mali, officials say
Central Mali became gripped by ethnic violence after a militant revolt broke out in the north of the country in 2012.
A local government official, who requested anonymity, had earlier said that 28 people were missing. He blamed the attack on a Dogon hunters' group –– an assertion that could be not be verified independently. Also on Friday, a soldier was killed in an attack on a military camp in Mondoro, also in central Mali, security officials said.
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. The violence in central Mali coincides with renewed hopes that the fragile government can reassert control over the largely lawless north.
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