Mopti bus massacre
| 2021 Mali bus massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Mali War | |
| Location | Mopti Region, Mali |
| Date | 3 December 2021 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, arson |
| Deaths | 31 |
| Injured | 17 |
| Perpetrators | Suspected Islamist rebels |
On 3 December 2021 unidentified gunmen attacked a bus in Mopti, Central Mali, firing at its occupants and setting it on fire, killing 31 civilians and injuring 17. Most of the passengers were women travelling from Songo-Doubacore to a market in Bandiagara.
According to the local mayor of Bankass, during the massacre, the insurgents slashed the tires, proceeding to shoot the civilians to death, then set the bus on fire. Malian authorities sent a group of state security officers to the crime scene, where they found 25 burnt bodies in the vehicle's trunk.
The massacre occurred on the same day that Islamist rebels attacked a convoy in the region, killing two United Nations peacekeepers. Two days later, unknown militants bombed two UN camps in Gao. The attacks occurred during a recent insurgency among Islamist insurgents in West Africa.