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UN to probe 'horrific' Mali attacks as death toll jumps to 160
Local officials say at least 160 people were killed and scores more wounded in Saturday's attack in Mopti region.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/united-nations-investigate-horrific-massacre-mali-190326135707656.html
Publisher: Al Jazeera
Date Written: 26/03/2019
Year Published: 2019
Resource Type: Article
The UN has sent a team of investigators to Mali in the aftermath of an attack that killed 160 people. Violence in the region is rooted in rivalry between two communities.
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The United Nations has sent a team of investigators to Mali's restive Mopti region, where more than 150 people were killed this weekend, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
The raid took place on Saturday in the village of Ogossagou, home to the Fulani herding community, near the town of Mopti in central Mali....
An armed group from within the Dogon ethnic group - a hunting and farming community with a long history of tension with the Fulani over access to land - is suspected of having carried out Saturday's raid....
Raids remain a persistent threat, and in the ethnic mosaic of the centre of the country, the attacks have taken a bloody toll on groups with a history of rivalry.
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