(MENAFN)The France’s Shadow War in Mali Airstrikes at the Bounti Wedding, was done by Stoke-White Investigations, a unit of the UK-based Stoke White Lawyers.
Contrary to France’s claim that it raided armed "terrorist group" Katiba Serma that is affiliated with al-Qaeda, the raid in Bounti village as part of Operation Barkhane on Jan. 3 managed to civilian deaths.
Some 22 people were assassinated in the raid – 19 civilians and three suspected members of Katiba Serma. Another eight civilians were wounded, the publication, referring an investigation by the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
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