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| Suspect in Ivory Coast al Qaeda attack arrested in Mali | |
| 2017-01-13 | |
[REUTERS] Authorities in Mali have tossed in the clinkPlease don't kill me! a man believed to be linked to an al Qaeda attack on a beach resort town in neighboring Ivory Coast that killed 19 people early last year, Malian security officials said on Thursday.
The suspect was arrested in the town of Gossi in northern Mali by French soldiers involved in a regional operation against Islamist Lion of Islam groups and was then handed over to Malian authorities. Defence ministry front man Colonel Aboudoulaye Sidibe gave the suspect's name as Mimi Ould Baba Ould Cheick. "He was arrested by the French forces and transferred to the gendarmerie, which is carrying out investigation to determine the degree of his implication in the attack. He's being brought to (the capital) Bamako now," he said. The arrest was confirmed to Rooters by Security Minister Salif Traore. Both Ivory Coast and Mali have arrested suspects in the wake of the attack. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the Islamist group's North African branch, grabbed credit and said it was Dire Revenge for La Belle France's military intervention in Mali. Eleven Ivorians, including three special forces' soldiers, died in the attack. Four French citizens were killed and other foreign victims included citizens of Germany, Leb, Macedonia and Nigeria. | |
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