Heinous crimes of the Malian army and its partners of Africa corps. According to local sources, an 80-year-old man, identified as Atayoub ag Iknan, was killed by a Malian army patrol accompanied by elements of Africa Corps, near Intdenine.
The elder Atayoub ag Iknane, was kidnapped yesterday by Africa Corps ex Wagner and Fama, was found dead not far from the site of his abduction.
These brutal killings are the actions of the Malian military putschist junta and the Russian Africa Corps ex Wagner mercenaries who are indiscriminately killing and displacing innocent residents of Azawad. In addition to the many other crimes that they commit in Azawad they kill and bomb with drones, sometimes entire families sleeping in their tents.
But the silence is not broken, the world is not talking, the neighboring countries are denying it, turning a convenient blind eye… and the aggressions on Azwad is repeated again and again until one day when it will backfire.
The terrorist acts by the Malian army and Wagner Russian mercenaries are countless in Azawad and the ethnic cleansing continues by killing elders, women and children in Azawad.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the heinous crime committed by the Malian regime’s militias and Wagner mercenaries against an 80-year-old man, after his arbitrary arrest in Intdenine, near Kidal. His body was later found in a horrific scene that reflects the inhuman brutailty of state terrorism and the collapse of human values.
Neither is this crime an isolated incident, but an ongoing systematic genocide against the Azawad people, where civilians are being murdered in cold blood without distinction between the elderly and children, armed militias or civilians. Which in itself is a proof that this is genocide and it is systematic.
We call upon free media outlets, human rights organizations, and all people of conscience to break the silence of Azawad and expose these crimes, because remaining silent is complicity, and turning a blind eye encourages their continuation.
We affirm that the blood of the innocent will not be shed in vain, that state terrorism will not subdue a people demanding their right to life, dignity, and freedom, and that injustice, however long it may last, will ultimately perish and justice will be served.”
What did this 80 year old man do to deserve to get so brutally murdered by the Malian army & Africa Corps ex Wagner? Is not this what is called state terrorism?
They got yet another “war trophy” …. the life of an unarmed old man.
Azawad Support Group
24-01-25