Ali Abdulqasim said his home village of Kolori and the neighbouring village of Baana-imam were attacked late Tuesday.
Abdulqasim said Wednesday he escaped the attack by scaling a mango tree from where he saw horsemen chase down and shoot fleeing villagers. He said he spent the night in the tree and when he came down in the morning he saw many corpses. Abbas Gava, a spokesman for a civilian defense group, said 26 people died in the attacks.
