Mali: un patron de bar libanais tué par un mercenaire russe
A Lebanese bar owner in Bamako was shot dead by a Russian mercenary from the Africa Corps group last week, AFP learned Monday from hospital, local and security sources.
The Russian had spent the night of November 5-6 in this bar in the Badalabougou district of the capital, accompanied by other Russian mercenaries. He had been ordered to leave the premises when he fired three shots at point-blank range at the manager.
"According to our information, the victim simply asked the white men (the Russians) to leave so that he could close the bar, which did not sit well with them," a member of the civil protection service told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the security context.
"When our teams arrived on the scene, the injured man had already lost a lot of blood," the same source continued. He was then transported to the hospital where he died on November 6.
"He ultimately died despite attempts to remove the bullets from his skull," a hospital source told AFP.
To date, no charges have been brought against the Russian paramilitary, according to information gathered by AFP.
After turning their backs on France, the former colonial power, the Sahelian juntas have moved closer to Russia and its private security company Wagner, replaced by Africa Corps, which helps them in the fight against jihadism.
The Malian army and the Russian mercenaries of Africa Corps are regularly accused of committing atrocities against civilians.
A leader of the Lebanese community in Mali told AFP on Monday that "the Malian authorities are doing everything to suppress the affair".
According to him, "not a week goes by without abuses by the Russian (mercenaries). Two days ago, they closed another bar to harass all the customers."
"We have a meeting on Tuesday, if the authorities try to prevent the complaint, we will mobilize the entire national public," the source continued.
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Et si vous parliez de vos mercenaires déguisés en djihadistes au Mali. Les faits divers que vous essayez de monter en mayonnaise, vous êtes lamentables et pathétiques.
Autrefois ce sont les français qui controllaient tous les chaines Commerciales en Afrique de l'ouest et quand ils quittaient ils les ont soumi à ces gens pour qu'ils maintiennent cette Mafia.
C'est pourquoi partout en Afrique de l'ouest au Sénégal Côte d'ivoire le Mali et autres qu'ils ce sont profondément impliqués dans nos affaires alors que dans leurs pays ils n'accordent même pas a une femme africainne de donner naissance.
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