00:02Russian paramilitaries from Africa Corps, which backs Mali's fight against insurgents,
00:08are being accused of killing eight civilians, including three children, in June airstrikes, according to Human Rights Watch.
00:15The rice group says the group dropped at least two munitions on the village of Kimia in the Mopti region
00:22on June 15.
00:23It further says the first strike hit outside the village chief's residence, killing two of his children, his wife and
00:30another child.
00:31The second struck a cattle market nearby, killing four men and injuring two others.
00:37The group says no Islamist fighters were known to be among the dead.
00:44Africa Corps claim responsibility on Facebook, saying the target was a gathering place for terrorists.
00:52Witnesses, however, told the Human Rights Watch that at least a hundred Gini fighters were in the village at the
00:58time.
01:00The report comes as Mali's junta struggled to contain violence after turning away from France and closer to Russia.
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