The Malian government on Saturday denied allegations the army carried out mass summary executions of civilians in the centre of the country earlier in March.
Its statement follows the U.N. peacekeeping mission's decision on Friday to investigate the killing of dozens of people in the rural commune of Diabaly.
A video circulating on social media this week showed dozens of badly-burned bodies that were blindfolded and had their hands bound together. Some of them appeared to have holes in the back of their heads.
