Extremist Timbuktu Islamic police chief sentenced to 10 years in jail by ICC
by Associated Press in the Hague from World news | The Guardian on (#6SC4H)
Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud had been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity
The international criminal court has sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out when he headed the Islamic police in Timbuktu in Mali, west Africa.
Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud was convicted in June of torture, religious persecution and other inhumane acts. Judges found he was a key figure" in a reign of terror after Islamic extremist rebels overran the ancient desert city in 2012.
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