Mali says MUJWA Islamist group responsible for killing 31 Tuaregs

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The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA) was responsible for killing 31 Tuaregs in an attack on Friday near the town of Tamkoutat in northern Mali, the minister for interior security said on Sunday. General Sada Samaka, who visited the site of the attack accompanied by Malian army officers, told Malian national television that the killings took place around 2:00 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) on Friday some 12 km (7.5 miles) outside Tamkoutat. The MUJWA has not claimed the attack. A French-led offensive in January 2013 drove out Islamist militants who had seized control of northern Mali.

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