Mali army, foreign fighters killed at least 500 people in March 2022, says UN report
- A UN report released after a months-long investigation found that Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign military personnel likely executed at least 500 people during a five-day operation in Moura, central Mali in March 2022.
- The attack is considered the worst atrocity in Mali's 10-year-long fight against Islamist groups.
- The report was based on interviews with victims and witnesses, forensic and satellite imagery, and identified summary executions, rape, and torture as potential war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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UN human rights report says nearly 500 believed to have died in Mali village massacre last year
Malian forces backed by foreign military personnel are believed to have killed at least 500 people over several days in a village last year, the U.N. said Friday, significantly raising the death toll from what already has been called the worst single atrocity in Mali’s decade-long fight against extremist groups. The new report from the U.N. Human Rights Office details the violence that took place in the village of Moura in central Mali over the …
Malian troops, foreign military personnel killed over 500 people during military operation in Moura in March 2022 – UN human rights report
GENEVA (12 May 2023) – A fact-finding report from the UN Human Rights Office has concluded there are strong indications that more than 500 people were killed – the vast majority summarily executed – by Malian troops and foreign military personnel during a five-day military operation in the village of Moura in the Mopti region of central Mali in March 2022.
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