Suspected Islamic extremists are believed to be holding about 30 Dogon men hostage following attacks on several public passenger buses in central Mali.
Suspected Islamic extremists are holding about 30 men from the Dogon ethnic group hostage after ambushing several public transport buses in central Mali earlier this week, a community leader said Friday. Bocar Guindo said that armed men initially kidnapped about 40 people who had been traveling Tuesday between Koro and Bankass. The women aboard, though, were later released, he said.
Last year, French troops left Mali after nearly a decade of helping fight exremists in the former colony. And now U.N. peacekeepers are in the process of departing at the request of the Malian junta-led government.
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