Mali wedding airstrike

Mali wedding massacre
Part of Mali War
Bounti is located in Mali
Bounti
Bounti
Location of Bounti
LocationBounti, Mopti Region, Mali
Date3 January 2021
TargetAQIM fighters
Attack type
Deaths22 (UN)
InjuredUnknown
Victimscivilians
PerpetratorsFrance French Air and Space Force

On 3 January 2021, the French Armed Forces carried out a massacre targeting a wedding claiming that terrorists were killed without any collateral damage. A UN report later revealed that out of the 22 people killed, 19 were civilians.[1]

  1. ^ Maclean, Ruth (30 March 2021). "A Wedding, an Airstrike, and Outrage at the French Military". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 December 2021.