More than 130 civilians have been killed in a series of terrorist attacks in Mali

Mali army soldier. File photoMOSCOW, June 20More than 130 civilians have been killed in a series of terrorist attacks in central Mali that began on Saturday, the government said. Dessag. «Militants from the Katiba Masina group (linked to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network* banned in the Russian Federation *) killed 132 civilians in cold blood,» Agence France Presse quoted the government's communiqué as saying. * A terrorist organization banned in RussiaMali counts on Russian assistance in oil exploration