Ukuhlasela kwasebusuku ngeSonto okubhekiselwe endaweni yaseDogon eMali kushiye abantu abangu-95 beshonile, kusho imeya yendawo uMoulaye Guindo etshela abeReuters.
“Amadoda ahlomile, ngokusobala amaFulani, adubule umphakathi futhi ashisa isigodi,” kusho isikhulu sendawo. Isibalo sabashonile njengamanje kulindeleke ukuthi sikhuphuke njengoba iziphathimandla ziqhubeka nokuthungatha izidumbu.
Lesi sibhicongo silandela isibhicongo esenzeka esigodini saseFulani ngoMashi, esashiya abantu abangaphezu kuka-150 beshonile. Izigilamkhuba bezigqoke izingubo zendabuko zabazingeli be-Dogon, zihlasela isigodi samaFulani sihlome ngezibhamu nocelemba, ngokusho kwezikhulu zezokuphepha zendawo.
I-Dogon isola amaFulani ngokusebenzisana namaqembu e-jihadist anodlame emaphandleni aseMali anobudlelwano ne-Al-Qaeda kanye ne-Islamic State (IS, ngaphambili eyayiyi-ISIS). AbakwaFulani bona bathi i-Dogon yenze unya ngezikhali ezitholwe amasosha aseMaliya.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The tragedy follows a massacre at a Fulani village in March, which left over 150 dead.
- The Dogon accuse the Fulani of working with violent jihadist groups in rural Mali which have ties with Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS).
- “Armed men, apparently Fulanis, fired at the population and burnt the village,” a local official elaborated.
