Al Qaeda-linked group killed at least 12 truck drivers in Mali, HRW says


DAKAR, March 10 (Reuters) - ⁠Islamist militants from an al Qaeda-linked group killed ⁠10 long-haul truck drivers and two teenage apprentices ‌who were travelling through Mali's western Kayes region in late January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Anait Miridzhanian and Mali newsroom; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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