International Criminal Court takes custody of its first suspect for the war crime of destroying historic monuments during unrest in 2012 in MaliAn alleged Islamic extremist charged with involvement in the destruction of devout buildings in the historic city of Timbuktu in Mali in 2012 has been arrested and was sent to the International Criminal Court early on Saturday.
Ahmad Al Mahdi Al Faqi,known as Abu Tourab, is the first suspect in the court’s custody charged with the war crime of destroying devout or historical monuments. Related: Timbuktu's Djinguereber mosque: a history of cities in 50 buildings, or day 5 Related: The book rustlers of Timbuktu: how Mali's ancient manuscripts were saved Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com