Madagascar’s defense minister says 32 people killed in arson attack


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A total of 32 people died in an arson attack on Friday in a village in the Malagasy district of Ankazobe, about 100 km west of the capital Antananarivo, Madagascar's Minister of National Defense Richard Rakotonirina confirmed to the press Saturday. "Airplanes and helicopters are mobilized to support the ground elements in tracking down the perpetrators of this atrocity which cost the lives of thirty-two people," the minister said. A source close to the investigation told Xinhua that four people were also injured in the attack, adding that they were being treated at the hospital in Ankazobe, while one of...