BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Armed gunment killed at least 23 people and wounded 12 in an attack on a village in central Mali, officials said Sunday. Sidi Mohamed El Bechir, governor of the Bandiagara region where the attack took place, said unidentified men killed dozens of people and set fire to several homes in the village of Yarou on Friday. 'The assailants stayed in the village until 7 p.m. and burned down part of the village, smashed stores and took away the villagers' cattle,' said Amadou Lougué, president of the regional youth organization, on Sunday.

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