source: Liberation (France); aBamako; UN (unspecified); Xinhua; Reuters
actor1: Dan Na Ambassagou
actor2: Civilians (Mali)
location: Welingara
notes: On 23 March 2019, Dogon militiamen (believed to be Dan Na Ambassagou) attacked the Fulani village of Ogassogou-Peulh and the nearby village of Welingara (Bankass, Mopti). At least 162 people including pregnant women, children, old people, young and adult men were killed in the attacks (the majority of the fatalities occurred in Ogassogou, the number for Welingara is estimated to be low - fatalities coded as 5 in Welingara and 157 in Ogassogou), and the assailants burned and pillaged the villages.