Dozens killed in north Mali clashes

BAMAKO (AFP) - Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between Islamic radicals and secular Tuareg fighters in northern Mali since Friday, witnesses and officials said. “It’s a real massacre, there are dozens dead,” said a Malian security source, referring to the fighting in the region of Gao. Witnesses on the ground confirmed the scale of the clashes. curity source, adding that dead bodies “could still be seen in the town”. The MNLA has said its fighters killed 65 fighters from MUJAO and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb during the fighting.

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