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ICC prosecutor says defendant was 'key' to Timbuktu crimes

by Associated Press
| July 14, 2020 6:27 AM

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An alleged Islamic extremist who went on trial Tuesday on charges that he policed a brutal Islamic regime in Timbuktu after al-Qaida-linked rebels overran the historic Malian desert city in 2012 was a “key figure” in the reign of terror, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said.

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