Islamists destroy Timbuktu treasures listed as UNESCO World Heritage site – Al
“I appeal to all those engaged in the conflict in Timbuktu to exercise their responsibility.”
Ansar Dine, one of the hardline Islamist groups which seized control of the vast desert north of Mali in the chaotic aftermath of a March coup in Bamako, said no site would be safe in Timbuktu.
“Ansar Dine will today destroy every mausoleum in the city. All of them, without exception,” spokesman Sanda Ould Boumama told AFP through an interpreter from the city.
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