Suspected jihadists in Mali kill more than 40 in two days of violence

Attacks on Tuareg ethnic group stoke fears of inter-communal violence in a country racked by six years of chaos

Suspected jihadists killed more than 40 people from the Tuareg ethnic group on Mali’s north-eastern border with Niger in two days of violence.

The former Tuareg rebel group MSA and tribal leaders said more than 30 people were killed on Friday, a day after another attack by gunmen on motorbikes had left 12 people dead in the Menaka region.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2r8OplI