Image: REUTERSMalian troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly executed around 300 civilian men over five days during a military operation in a central Mali town, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Tuesday, which the country’s army refuted.
The reported executions sparked condemnation from the United States, the European Union, France and Germany, who have all called on the Malian government to allow for an independent investigation. Nineteen witnesses told the rights group that Malian and Russian-speaking soldiers arrived by helicopter and exchanged two rounds of gunfire with Islamist fighters, during which rebels, soldiers and a few civilians were killed.
The men were held for five days under the sun and arbitrarily selected for execution by gunfire during the night. Bodies were piled into three mass graves, HRW said.The operation allegedly involved over 100 Russian-speaking men, according to multiple security sources who spoke to HRW. Several witnesses also described white soldiers speaking an unfamiliar foreign language they believed to be Russian.
SABCNews sounds like Russophobia the same as EU, UK and US media houses. It must be clear if SABCNews report fairly and independently or is broadcasting propaganda to South Africans. All their news are the same news found in the aforementioned countries, anti-Russian hysteria.
Fake news
you don't even have Ukrainian correspondent. just shut the fup. A whole newsroom reporting 3rd mouth rumour. sues.
Investigate the source of this story. Sounds like FAKENEWS.