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Ivory Coast jails two soldiers for 10 years for al Qaeda ties

ABIDJAN - Two soldiers in Ivory Coast have been jailed for 10 years for associating with, and failing to denounce, suspected members of an al Qaeda cell which killed 19 people at a beach resort town in March, the military prosecutor said.

 

Gunmen shot swimmers and sunbathers before storming into several hotels in Grand Bassam, 40 km (25 miles) from the commercial capital, Abidjan, on March 13. The attack was claimed by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the Islamist group's North African branch.

 

Authorities in Ivory Coast and neighboring Mali have arrested a number of suspects since the raid.

 


פרסום ראשון: 08.05.16, 15:51