Article 4BPFN Militia attack on Mali village leaves at least 115 dead

Militia attack on Mali village leaves at least 115 dead

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Associated Press in Bamako
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Militia fighters descended on a village in central Mali before dawn on Saturday, killing at least 115 people in the latest deadly attack blamed on an ethnic militia, local authorities said.

The massacre in the village of Ogossogou left the village chief and his grandchildren dead in the ethnic Peulh community, according to a local official who had received detailed accounts from the remote area.

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