WATCH | Mali rejects UN report on alleged execution of 500 villagers by troops: Mali's interim military government has rejected a UN human rights office report on the alleged execution of at least 500 people by Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign…
The ruling junta was responding to a report released on Friday after a months-long investigation into what rights groups described as the worst atrocity in a 10-year conflict between Islamist groups and the army.
The report said Malian soldiers and foreign personnel descended in helicopters on the village of Moura on March 27 last year and opened fire on fleeing residents. In a roundup of civilians in the following days, hundreds more were shot and thrown in ditches, it said. “No civilian from Moura lost their life during the military operation. Among the dead, there were only terrorist fighters and all those arrested were handed over to the gendarmerie,” he said, stressing the authorities' commitment to the protection of human rights.
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