The Malian Armed Forces General Staff issued a communiqué on October 24 saying that a joint patrol found the remains of 54 civilians near Menaka City, the capital of the Menaka district in the northeastern part of the country. The communiqué said that after receiving news of terrorist attacks on civilians in the area mentioned above, the military dispatched the joint patrol to search and found these bodies at a settlement about 35 km southeast of Menaka City, and also found 9 survivors. Currently, the deceased has been buried, and the survivors have been taken to Menaka City to be rescued. The communiqué did not specify when the attack occurred. The communiqué also said that according to preliminary evidence collected, the extremist group “Islamic State of Greater Sahara” is suspected of carrying out this attack. The military has strengthened protection or transferred civilians in high-risk areas and said it will track down the attackers. So far, no organization has claimed responsibility for this attack.

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