location: Zouera
notes: On 16 September 2014, AQIM militants abducted 5 members of the Arab and Songhai communities in Zouera (Goundam, Tombouctou). Four of them were released while the fifth accused of being an informant for the Malian Armed Forces and French forces was killed by beheading. The head of the victim was displayed at a market in Zouera.
target_text: location: Zouera, fatalities: 1