Tuareg leader: Suspected jihadists on motorcycles kill at least 42 in Mali's eastern Menaka region

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Tuareg leader: Suspected jihadists on motorcycles kill at least 42 in Mali's eastern Menaka region. Moussa Ag Acharatoumane, a Tuareg self-defense official, said the attacks took place Tuesday and Wednesday in the sprawling West African nation's eastern Menaka region. The victims, who included children as young as eight, were members of his group known as MSA, which has been fighting militants with ties to the Islamic State group who are active in the region.
Jihadists on motorcycles kill around 42 people in a series of attacks targeting Tuareg camps in Mali.