21 civilians, including 11 children, killed in an air strike on a village in northern Mali near the Algerian border

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21 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in an air strike on a village in northern Mali near the Algerian border on Sunday. The attack on the village of Tinjauaatine is the largest number of civilians killed by drones since the breakdown of a peace agreement between the country’s ruling military junta and armed pro-independence groups in Mali last year.

The Strategic Framework to Protect the People of Azawad is a coalition of Tuareg-majority groups fighting for the independence of northern Mali, which they call Azawad. The coalition said in a statement that the attacks targeted a pharmacy on Sunday. After that people were targeted in other attacks.

21 civilians killed

A statement by Mohammed Elmauloud Ramadan, spokesman for the rebel coalition present in the village, said that these criminal attacks temporarily killed 21 civilians, including 11 children and the pharmacy manager, dozens were injured and heavy material damage was caused. Mali’s armed forces confirmed the attacks in a statement broadcast on national television.

Airstrikes in Tinzauatine sector
The statement said the General Staff of the Armed Forces confirms airstrikes in the Tinzauatine sector on Sunday morning. These precision strikes targeted terrorists. These attacks come just weeks after the Malian army and mercenaries of the Russia-based Wagner Group were defeated by Tuareg rebels and fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked group Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen.

Method of fighting armed groups
The coalition said in a statement that the attacks targeted a pharmacy on Sunday, followed by other attacks targeting people gathered around the initial damage. The Malian army, along with the Russian mercenaries, do not have a strong presence on the ground in the Kidal region, so the use of air assets, including drones, is the only way to fight against armed groups in the area.

The Policy Center for the New South, a Moroccan think tank, therefore expects an increase in air strikes, including on civilians, as a reprisal after recent major setbacks to Wagner mercenaries in northern Mali.