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News / ICC finds Malian extremist guilty of war crime in destroying historic sites in Timbuktu

ICC finds Malian extremist guilty of war crime in destroying historic sites in Timbuktu

UN News Centre, 27 September 2016, Mali

The International Criminal Court (ICC) today found a Malian Islamist accused of destroying historical and religious monuments in the fabled city of Timbuktu guilty in the first-ever prosecution of the destruction of cultural heritage as a war crime.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55137#.V_XB8U1f2a5

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