- The killings occurred in Diallassagou and two nearby villages, Diaweli and Dessagou.
- Mali has been rocked by an insurgency by groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State group.
- The army has reached the scene of the attack and was able to count the dead.
More than 100 civilians have been killed in attacks blamed on Militants in neighboring towns in central Mali over the past three days, local officials and a senior government official said Monday.
The killings occurred in central Mali’s Diallassagou and two nearby villages, Diaweli and Dessagou, which have long been hotbeds of Sahelian violence.
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The violence was still going on, according to an elected official who spoke on the condition of anonymity for security reasons.
However, Nouhoum Togo, another official, said that the army had reached the scene of the attack and was able to count the dead.
He said on social media that the number of victims was much higher than 100.
Mali and the central Sahel have for months faced a string of civilian massacres blamed on jihadists.
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The country has since 2012 been rocked by an insurgency by groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State group, plunging the country into crisis.
The violence began in the north and has since spread throughout the country, as well as to Burkina Faso and Niger.
There is also a lot of intercommunal and criminal violence.