The facts took place in the region of Timbuktu. Another blow to the peace process.
Mohamed Ag Amatta was better known by the nickname “Amaloch”. He was the local military leader of the former rebellion and was on Saturday April 30 in Ber, a town near Timbuktu in northwestern Mali. There were a lot of people on this market day. According to witnesses, armed men arrived at the scene in a vehicle. Gunshots were heard. And a man collapsed, dead…
” It’s a targeted assassination “Reacted immediately in a press release the CMA. She called for mobilization to track down and bring to justice the perpetrators of the crime.
This is the second targeted assassination of a CMA officer in the locality of Ber in a few months. Other assassinations of ex-rebellion executives or fighters have recently taken place in northern Mali. Most have been attributed to jihadists. The latter have declared war on the armed groups that are involved in the peace process.
For Mohamed El Maouloud Ramadane, spokesperson for the CMA, faced with the determination of these “ enemies of peace », it is necessary that all the signatories of the Algiers Agreement respect their commitments in order to avoid the worst.