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Tombs in Timbuktu's Djingareyber mosque 'destroyed'
Source: BBC
10 July 2012 Last updated at 13:09 GMT
Tombs in Timbuktu's Djingareyber mosque 'destroyed'
Islamist fighters in Timbuktu have destroyed two tombs at the northern Malian city's famous Djingareyber mosque, residents have said.
Eyewitnesses said the militants shot in the air to warn people away as they began smashing the shrines.
Timbuktu is a World Heritage site, with centuries-old shrines to Islamic saints, revered by Sufi Muslims.
But the al-Qaeda-linked group that seized the city in April says they are idolatrous and wants them all removed.
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Tombs in Timbuktu's Djingareyber mosque 'destroyed'
Islamist fighters in Timbuktu have destroyed two tombs at the northern Malian city's famous Djingareyber mosque, residents have said.
Eyewitnesses said the militants shot in the air to warn people away as they began smashing the shrines.
Timbuktu is a World Heritage site, with centuries-old shrines to Islamic saints, revered by Sufi Muslims.
But the al-Qaeda-linked group that seized the city in April says they are idolatrous and wants them all removed.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18785895
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