Tamkoutat massacre | |
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Part of Inter-communal conflicts of the Mali War | |
Location | Tamkoutat and nearby areas, Ménaka Region, Mali |
Date | February 6, 2014 |
Target | Imghad Tuareg civilians |
Deaths | 31-35 |
Injured | 6 |
Perpetrator | Fulani militants (per MINUSMA, Human Rights Watch, Reuters, and the Malian Ministry of National Reconciliation)
MOJWA (per Malian Ministry of Defense, Malian Ministry of Internal Security, and the MNLA) |
No. of participants | 12-20 |
On February 6, 2014, between thirty-one and thirty-five Imghad Tuareg civilians were massacred by Fulani militants that may have been connected to the jihadist outfit Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) in and around Tamkoutat, Ménaka Region, Mali.