Civilians Lynched in Mali Witch Hunt After Jihadist, Rebel Attacks
Civilians have killed suspected collaborators after April attacks that left Mali’s defence minister dead and deepened fears of informant reprisals.
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The targets have mainly been unkempt people, people with long or uncombed hair, people who suffer from mental illnesses or have light skin.
First, there was a suspicion, then a shout and finally a fire: in Bamako, Abdoulaye Diarra was beaten and burned alive near her district of Medina Coura, falsely accused of being a "terrorist" because of her worn clothes and long hair, in a maximum-tension Malian capital after unprecedented attacks by jihadists allied with Tuareg rebels.
A monstrous alliance between jihadists and Tuareg separatists in Mali has cornered the military junta there. Although the regime does not yet appear to be falling, it is more vulnerable than ever. This threatens an even greater escalation in the terror-plagued Sahel.
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