BAMAKO, Mali — At least 20 people have been killed in an airstrike on a village in central Mali where Islamic extremists had confronted a wedding party, witnesses said Tuesday.
The French military said “several dozens” of extremists were killed in a Sunday afternoon airstrike led by French fighter jets close to the
"does not correspond to information collected prior to the airstrike."
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