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France says kills dozens of Mali jihadists, villagers say wedding party hit By AFP JAN 5, 2021 French military headquarters said fighter jets had "neutralised" dozens of jihadists in central Mali. By Daphné BENOIT (AFP/File) France said Tuesday it had killed dozens of jihadists in a weekend air strike in central Mali, while several villagers and a local group said up to 20 wedding guests were killed by fire from a helicopter. Social media has been buzzing with rumours since Sunday about events in Bounti, and villagers there told AFP that a wedding party was attacked by an unidentified hel...

France said it killed dozens of fighters in a weekend air raid in central Mali, while several villagers and a local group said up to 20 wedding guests were killed by fire from a helicopter. Villagers in Bounti said a lone helicopter opened fire in broad daylight on Sunday, sowing panic among a crowd gathered for a wedding. “It was run for your lives,” resident Ahmadou Ghana said. Another villager, Mady Dicko, added: “We were surprised by the intensity of the strike. The helicopter was flying very low.” On Sunday, Tabital Pulakuu, an association that promotes the culture of Mali’s F...

Confusion over airstrike in Mali AFP, BAMAKO France on Tuesday said that it had killed dozens of militants in a weekend airstrike in central Mali, while several villagers and a local group said up to 20 wedding guests were killed by fire from a helicopter. Social media has been buzzing since Sunday with rumors about events in Bounti, and villagers there said that a wedding party was attacked by an unidentified helicopter. Separately, French military headquarters said that fighter jets had neutralized dozens of militants in central Mali after the group had been tracked for several days. Troops...

The question remains.- What happened on Sunday near Douentza, in central Mali in the midst of security turmoil? The French army says its planes wiped out dozens of jihadists while villagers report the death of several civilians in a strike by an unidentified helicopter. Messages have proliferated on social networks since Sunday about the events in the village of Bounti, in this Malian center which is one of the main hotbeds of violence in the Sahel. Malian authorities have been silent and the little details shared by the French anti-jihadist force Barkhane has left the field open to a flood ...