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Islamist militant on trial in Hague over destruction of Timbuktu shrines

By REUTERS

AUGUST 22, 2016 11:16

AMSTERDAM - The trial of an Islamist militant over the destruction of holy sites in Timbuktu during Mali's 2012 conflict began in the Hague on Monday, the first at the International Criminal Court to cite destroying cultural artifacts as a war crime.

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi said at a hearing in March he intends to plead guilty and he faces a maximum sentence of 30 years.

Mahdi's rebel group is accused of destroying nine mausoleums and the door of a mosque. Most dated from Mali's 14th-century golden age as a trading hub and center of Sufi Islam.

The trial is expected to last a week.

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