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Human Rights Watch reports that a Sukhoi Su-24 airstrike by the Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps in Mali's Mopti region killed eight civilians in June.
Confirmed
In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft fly near USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Navy via AP, file) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Human Rights Watch said Friday that Russian government-controlled Africa Corps aircraft killed eight civilians, including three children, in an airstrike on a village in central Mali last month.
A Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft dropped at least two munitions on the village of Kyrnia, in the Mopti region, on June 15, the rights group said in a statement. Human Rights Watch said it interviewed 19 people, analyzed satellite imagery, and reviewed a video the Africa Corps posted online describing the strike last month as targeting a “terrorist” gathering.
"By handing the Russian authorities a blank check, the Malian government should be aware that it too is accountable for allied forces' atrocities," Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior HRW Sahel researcher, said in the statement. No fighters from the Islamic militant group JNIM, which has controlled the village for six years, were reported among the casualties.
According to the NGO, no fighters from armed jihadist groups were among the victims.
What's confirmed
- In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft fly near USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Navy via AP, file) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Human Rights Watch…
- A Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft dropped at least two munitions on the village of Kyrnia, in the Mopti region, on June 15, the rights group said in a statement.
- In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016 photo provided by the U.S.
- "By handing the Russian authorities a blank check, the Malian government should be aware that it too is accountable for allied forces' atrocities," Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior HRW Sahel researcher, said in the statement.
- According to the NGO, no fighters from armed jihadist groups were among the victims.
What's still developing
- According to the NGO, no fighters from armed jihadist groups were among the victims.
- "By handing the Russian authorities a blank check, the Malian government should be aware that it too is accountable for allied forces' atrocities," Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior HRW Sahel researcher, said in the statement.
- No fighters from the Islamic militant group JNIM, which has controlled the village for six years, were reported among the casualties.
- Human Rights Watch said it interviewed 19 people, analyzed satellite imagery, and reviewed a video the Africa Corps posted online describing the strike last month as targeting a “terrorist” gathering.