2022 Bankass massacres
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Location13°44′26″N 3°37′34″W / 13.74069222399191°N 3.6262090816914276°W
Diallassagou and nearby villages, Bankass Cercle, Mopti Region, Mali
Diallassagou and nearby villages, Bankass Cercle, Mopti Region, Mali
Date18–19 June 2022
TargetDogon people
WeaponsAutomatic firearms
| 2022 Bankass massacres | |
|---|---|
| Part of the War in the Sahel and the Mali War | |
  2022 Bankass massacres (Mali)  2022 Bankass massacres (Africa) | |
| Location | 13°44′26″N 3°37′34″W / 13.74069222399191°N 3.6262090816914276°W Diallassagou and nearby villages, Bankass Cercle, Mopti Region, Mali |
| Date | 18–19 June 2022 |
| Target | Dogon people |
| Weapons | Automatic firearms |
| Deaths | 132 |
| Perpetrators | Macina Katiba |
| Motive | Jihad, Islamism, nomadic conflict |
On 18 and 19 June 2022, 132 civilians were killed by Islamist insurgents in Bankass Cercle, Mopti Region, Mali.[1][2]
During the early 2010s, an Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and the Mali War began.[1] Massacres in central Mali's Mopti Region have included those in Ogossagou in March 2019, Sobane Da in June 2019 and Bankass in December 2021. The violence is also linked to nomadic conflict, with the farming Dogon people (who mostly practice traditional religion) contesting water and land with the nomadic Fula, who are mostly Muslims.[3][4]
