115 reported dead after attack on central Malian village | World News, The Indian Express

115 reported dead after attack on central Malian village | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Bamako |Published: March 24, 2019 10:52:27 am

115 reported dead after attack on central Malian village

The victims "included pregnant women, young children and the elderly," according to Abdoul Aziz Diallo, president of a Peulh group known as Tabital Pulaaku.

The UN mission in Mali confirmed reports of an attack but gave no figures. (Representational image)

Militia fighters descended on a village in central Mali before dawn Saturday, killing at least 115 people in the latest deadly attack blamed on an ethnic militia, local authorities said.