31 killed in central Mali attack

BAMAKO: DEC. 5 – At least 31 people have been killed and 17 others injured when armed men on Friday attacked a truck carrying civilians in central Mali, authorities said in a statement on Saturday.

The statement, issued by the transitional government of Mali, said a group of unidentified armed bandits attacked and set fire to the truck carrying people to a fairground near the village of Songho.