BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's defence ministry on Thursday denied mounting claims that a French air strike killed civilians attending a wedding, insisting that only Islamist militants were hit.
The precise circumstances of the raid on Sunday in central Mali's remote Douentza area remain unclear. The incident comes at a moment of rising anti-French sentiment in Mali regarding the former colonial power's seven-year military intervention.
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