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MNLA and Ansar Dine Execute ~82 Malian Soldiers at Aguelhok

| Sahel Insurgency

After Malian troops at Aguelhok run out of ammunition and surrender, MNLA and Ansar Dine fighters summarily execute approximately 82 prisoners. Video evidence later documents the killings. The massacre deepens outrage in southern Mali at the government's failure to supply and reinforce its northern garrisons, accelerating the political crisis that leads to the March coup.