Mali Premier Maiga Vows Action After Deadly Attack in Villages

Another 55 were hurt in the attack on ethnic Fulani villages on Saturday near Bankass in the Mopti region, the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission to Mali said in a statement on its website.A week ago, militants linked to al-Qaeda killed 23 Malian soldiers in an assault on an army base in the village of Dioura, also in the Mopti region.“It’s a massacre, they attacked the village killing over 100 people and injuring dozens,” said Bara Sankare, a Fulani leader in Mopti.