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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rory Sullivan

Russian mercenaries and Malian soldiers accused of killing 300 civilians

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Russian mercenaries and Malian soldiers have been accused of killing hundreds of men in a town in central Mali last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.

Although witnesses said some of the victims in the town of Moura were Islamic jihadis, they suggested that most of the deceased were civilians.

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