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Civilians lynched in Mali witch hunt after militants, rebel attacks
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Bamako: Abdoulaye Diarra was beaten and burnt alive near his home in the Malian capital, wrongly accused of being a “terrorist” because of his shabby clothes and long hair.
- In the tense atmosphere of Mali’s major cities, civilians have since attempted to help the army’s operation, lynching people they suspect of aiding the radical Islamist or the rebels.
- “He was defenceless,” said journalist Moussa Diarra, who knew Abdoulaye.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Bamako: Abdoulaye Diarra was beaten and burnt alive near his home in the Malian capital, wrongly accused of being a “terrorist” because of his shabby clothes and long hair.
His lynching in Bamako is one of a number that have followed large-scale coordinated attacks on the ruling military junta by jihadists and allied Tuareg separatists, which have plunged the west African country into a fresh security crisis.
In the tense atmosphere of Mali’s major cities, civilians have since attempted to help the army’s operation, lynching people they suspect of aiding the radical Islamist or the rebels.
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