French army revisits Mali strike scene, insists jihadists hit

Paris (AFP) Jan 8, 2021

France's military said on Friday its troops had returned to the scene of an airstrike in central Mali to confirm that only jihadists had been targeted after villagers claimed a wedding had been hit. Controversy erupted over the operation after several residents of the remote village of Bounti said that up to 20 people had been killed in an attack on Sunday - an account so different from the