Armed men in Mali killed a TikTok influencer who had posted videos in support of the West African nation's military, authorities said Monday.

Mariame Cissé was abducted on Friday from a weekly market in Echel, according to Yehia Tandina, the mayor of Timbuktu.

"The following day, at dusk, the same men brought her back to Independence Square in Tonka and executed her in front of a crowd," Tandina told The Associated Press.

The mayor of Tonka in the Timbuktu region, Mamadou Konipo, confirmed the killing but said he didn't have more information.

Tonka is a village along the Niger River, roughly 150 kilometres from Timbuktu. Members of the al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), are known to operate there.

No group has taken responsibility for the killing.

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