ISIS Terrorists Kill Dozens During Attack On Southeastern Mali Town (Photos)

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On September 24, ISIS’s news agency, Amaq, released photos documenting the terrorist group’s horrific attack on the northeastern Malian area of Talataye.

Terrorists from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) seized Talataye town center, which is located some 150 kilometers away from the city of Gao, on September 7 after a fierce battle with the Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (MSA), an ethnic Touareg rebel group. The battle also saw clashes between the terrorists and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), which is also active in the area.

The exact death toll from the battle remains unknown. A local official told AFP that 45 civilians had been killed, while an MSA fighter put the civilian death toll at 30.

Amaq’s photos shows ISIS terrorists storming Talataye as well as the dead bodies of 28 people, many of whom appear to unarmed civilians.

Talataye includes several small villages with a population of several thousand. Much of area lies outside the control of the government. The ISGS, MSA, JNIM and the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), a coalition of Tuareg and Arab nationalist groups, are all known to be active in the remote area.

Following the recent withdrawal of French forces, the Malian government started to rely more on its forces, the United Nations’ mission and Russian private military contractors to counter ISGS and other terrorist groups in the country.

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