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| Mali: New targeted assassination by JNIM jihadists in Tonka, in the Timbuktu region |
| 2026-05-26 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited By David Baché [RFI] Abdoul Salam Maïga, a Quranic teacher at a madrasa in Tonka, was publicly shot dead by JNIM jihadists on Thursday, May 21. Last November, this town in the center of the country was already plunged into mourning by the public execution of Mariam Cissé, a young TikToker who expressed her support for the Malian military. Abdoul Salam Maïga, a Quranic teacher at a madrasa in Tonka, was peacefully chatting with friends in his "grin" (traditional discussion group) near the market when armed JNIM jihadists suddenly appeared and ordered him to follow them. According to several local dignitaries contacted by RFI, they returned shortly afterward. Abdoul Salam Maïga was blindfolded. He was then publicly executed by firing squad. According to some, his assassination could be linked to religious differences. "Perhaps he refused to work for them," one source suggested. But for most of those interviewed, it was his alleged close ties to the Malian army that motivated the assassination of the Quranic teacher by JNIM. More at the link Related: Tonka: 2025-11-11 Female TikTok star is kidnapped and publicly executed by al-Qaeda jihadists in Mali as yet another African nation descends into chaos Tonka: 2024-02-27 Current information on the situation on the front line: February 26 (updated) Tonka: 2016-07-21 Miami Police Shoot Unarmed Black Autism Carer As He Lay On The Ground With His Hands In The Air |
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