French army releases video footage appearing to show Russian mercenaries in Mali burying bodies near a base it recently handed over to Malian forces, says move is part of smear campaign against France
Mali's army spokesman Col. Souleymane Dembele said that a team has been dispatched to Gossi to investigate, adding “it is still early for us to react on this case.”
“The Wagner Group and the Malian Armed Forces appear to be taking disregard for human life to new levels in Mali,” said Alex Thurston, assistant professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati in the United States. French troops have been a major presence in Mali since helping to dislodge militants from strongholds in northern Mali in 2013. But the extremists' attacks on civilians and the military have continued as the rebels have pushed south. The ongoing violence has prompted numerous anti-French protests in the capital.
It’s unclear where the bodies seen in the video Friday came from. The French military official said they might have possibly been taken from near Hombori town, approximately 90 kilometers from Gossi, where there had been fighting a few days earlier, but he could not confirm it.
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