AIR STRIKES KILL MORE THAN 20 AT WEDDING: SOURCE

More than 20 people, including children, were killed in air strikes during a wedding ceremony in a remote desert area of central Mali on Sunday, a health worker with knowledge of the attack said on Tuesday.

It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks but a French army source told Reuters that French forces operating in Mali had carried out an air strike in the area on Sunday that killed “dozens of fighters” from Islamist groups.

The health worker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the air strikes had targeted men on motorbikes in the villages of Bounty and Kikara believed to be Islamist militants.

But civilians were caught up as people gathered for a wedding ceremony, the source said, adding that some of the wounded had to receive amputations at a nearby health centre.