armed attack kills one in Mali's Bandiagara
Unidentified assailants killed one person and injured another in Danlekanda village on Thursday, October 22.
One person died and another was wounded by gunfire in an attack on Danlekanda village, in the Muétoumou commune of Bandiagara, on Thursday, October 22. Unidentified armed individuals carried out the assault.
The injured man was en route to the Bandiagara reference health center for treatment. This attack follows a similar incident last week in the nearby village of Dôolo, also in Muétoumou, where three people were killed. Security remains unstable in the region.
The commune of Muétoumou is located in the Bandiagara circle. The village of Dôolo experienced a fatal attack the previous week.
Why it mattersOne person was killed and another injured in an armed attack in the Bandiagara region.