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About 100 Malians killed in attack on Dogon village

The mayor said the charred bodies had been found and that several more villagers were missing. [Courtesy]

About 100 people were killed during an overnight attack on an ethnic Dogon village in central Mali, a local mayor told Reuters on Monday.

Fighting between Dogon hunters and Fulani herders has killed hundreds since January, including an attack on a village in March in which over 150 Dogon were killed by gunmen, one of the worst acts of violence in the West African country’s recent history.

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