In Mali, around sixty bodies were found near Abeibara, in the Kidal region, near the border with Algeria. According to local sources contacted by RFI, these are almost exclusively civilians, killed by the Malian army and its auxiliaries from the Wagner group – now incorporated into the “African Corps” managed by the Russian authorities.
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They were found in recent days, within a radius of about 40 km around Abeibaran in the northeast of Mali. In Aghli, Emadjlal, Hidjous, Akomas, Ouzen… Some grouped in mass graves, others scattered in the bush, isolated, tied up.
According to sources contacted by RFI – human rights association Kal Akal, members of the CSP rebellion, local notables – the Malian army and Wagner carried out a vast operation during the last two weeks of June. The convoys came from Kidal and Tessalit and settled in Imaswaqassan, four kilometers from Abeibara. “, ” they cleaned the area “, detail these sources, who transmitted the same images of lifeless bodies to RFI.
Civilians, shepherds, displaced people
Among the sixty people killed, there was a CSP rebel and one to six jihadists from Jnim, depending on the version. All the others are civilians, shepherds “, these sources continue to assure. The victims are mainly Tuaregs from different factions: Ifoghas, Imghads or Daoussaks, inhabitants of the area or internally displaced persons who came for example from Talataye and who had fled the violence of the Islamic State or the army.
“ They were not killed in combat, they were executed. “, the various sources unanimously affirm. Water points have been destroyed, others poisoned, to kill livestock and deprive families of their means of subsistence. ” These pits have existed for a long time, there are many places. “, confirms a Malian security source, without specifying further, also affirming that ” only russians can tell who’s in it “.
The Malian army has not commented on these operations and, when contacted by RFI, has not responded.
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