Al-Qaida-linked extremists kill Mali officer in Timbuktu
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A group that monitors extremists' online activity says al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has said it killed a Malian officer outside his Timbuktu home.
SITE Intelligence Group says the jihadists said Wednesday on their Twitter account the officer killed July 31 had a relationship with French and Mauritanian intelligence and was behind the deaths of two fighters in Timbuktu. It threatened similar "traitors."
SITE Intelligence Group also said extremist group Ansar Dine released a video of five Malian soldiers taken prisoner after a July 19 attack on military barracks in Nampala that killed 17 others. The group's foundation posted the video on its Telegram channel.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Macina Liberation Front, which has ties to Ansar Dine, claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities arrested one its leaders for the attack last week.