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More than 100 villagers safe despite Mali attack

June 12, 2019 5:14 am

Some 108 people from a village in central Mali which suffered a deadly attack on Monday have been found safe.

Mayor Ali Dolo says that the group are now being sheltered in a school.

Officials say 95 people were found dead after the attack in Sobame Da, near Sanga town in the Mopti region. Many of the bodies had been burned.

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There have been numerous attacks in Mali in recent months, some by jihadist groups, others between Dogon hunters and semi-nomadic Fulani herders.