At least 18 killed on the market on the market in the north, says the separatist group

Bamako, Mali – At least 18 people were killed on a plane in the north SmallShe said the separatist group. The military said he mounted an attack targeted by armed militants.

The collective for defending the rights of people Azawada, which is part of a Tuareg The separatist coalition, she said on Monday, the Malian Army bombed 50 km (30 miles) north of Lerneb, in the Timbukt region.

Seven people were also injured on Sunday, in the strike in a statement in a statement, the denying “barbaries of the second age” and “rough human rights violations.”

The raspberry army said on Monday in the statement of X, air attacks on the “refuge” in the same area stated by the separatic group, killing 11 “terrorists”.

Mali, together with the neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger, has been a battle rebellion that fought armed groups, including some allies with Al-Qaida and the Islamic state group.

After military strikes in all three nations in recent years, the ruling juntas has Exposed French forces and turned Russian paid units for security instead.

Since they take away the power of 2021. year, Colonel Assimi Goita fought that violence in central and north was suppressed, while the army is charged with targeting target.

Last month, front, for the release of Azawad, the coalition of the separatist groups of Tuares, accused the Malian army and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group “Cold Execution” At least 24 people In the north small.

Last year, the Human Rights Group, the report, the army and Russian mercenaries killed at least 32 civilians, including seven in the drone, abducted, and burned at least 100 centers in the cities and villages in central and north between May and December.