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Suspected jihadists have killed at least 25 people in coordinated attacks on five villages in central Mali, local and administrative sources told AFP Friday.
Many people were also wounded, villages torched and cattle stolen in Thursday's attacks in the Bandiagara region, forcing the local population to flee, the sources said.
Mali has faced a critical security crisis since Tuareg rebels and Al-Qaeda-linked fighters launched coordinated attacks against strategic junta positions on April 25 and 26.
"We are already mourning 25 dead, and there are many injured, including women and children," a local official told AFP, requesting anonymity.
