Tessit massacres

Tessit massacres
Part of JNIM-ISGS war and Mali War
LocationKeygourouten, Khadji, Bakal, Tadjalalt, and Abagazgaz, Tessit commune, Menaka Region, Mali
DateFebruary 8-10, 2022
TargetCivilians
Deaths40+
Victims1,200 displaced
Perpetrator Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
MotiveAlleged sympathies with JNIM

Between February 8 and 10, 2022, militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara killed at least 40 civilians in the villages of Keygourouten, Khadji, Bakal, Tadjalalt, and Abagazgaz, in the commune of Tessit, Ménaka Region, Mali.

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