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The Moura massacre was carried out by Malian Armed Forces and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group between 27 and 31 March 2022, in the central Malian town of Moura, Mopti Region in conflict with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb 's Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin.
The market shooting killed around 50 civilians. [3] Immediately following the massacre, Malian and Russian soldiers detained around 500 civilians at the local base in Hombori. [4] Days later, one Malian soldier shot 20 out of the 27 detained civilians at the base. [4] Two more detainees were tortured to death. [5] The rest of the 500 were freed ...
An initial report by the Malian army stated that twelve Malian soldiers were killed in the attacks. On January 11, Malian officials stated that fourteen soldiers were killed and eleven were wounded, and that thirty-one jihadists were "neutralized." [4] The attack was claimed by JNIM on January 10, the same day of the attacks. In JNIM's ...
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Malian and Wagner forces were able to repel the attackers, who fled. [4] Malian troops set out in pursuit of the jihadists, flying airplanes and drones overhead and launching some drone strikes. [4] Many of the jihadists were caught in Niamana, a village that was the scene of a massacre by Malian and Wagner forces who killed 13 civilians. [5]
1 wounded [3] 19 killed [4] 6 civilians killed (1 Nigerian) [5] The Second Battle of Timbuktu was a battle during the Mali War between March 30 and April 1, 2013, in which two Islamist attacks targeted the Malian army in Timbuktu. With help from the French, both attacks were prevented from capturing any significant sites in the city.
The scene is from another battle in the vast deserts of northern Mali – except that this time the victims were Russians. At the end of the video, the camera pans to a bearded white man on the ...
Ambush. Two UN peacekeepers were killed on June 13, the day before the attack, near Gao, heightening possibilities of further jihadist attacks. [4] On June 14, a convoy of twelve vehicles containing 64 Malian soldiers set out from Diabaly, but were ambushed at Bouka Weré. [5] Only twelve soldiers with three vehicles managed to return to the ...