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Mass grave discovered in Timbuktu: media reportAFP NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania--A mass grave containing several bodies was discovered in Timbuktu in northern Mali, recently recaptured from Islamist rebels by French-led forces, a Mauritanian news agency said Saturday.
February 11, 2013, 12:52 am TWN Three bodies in the grave were recognizable, all of them Arab and Tuareg residents accused of supporting the al-Qaida-linked Islamist rebels who seized control of northern Mali for 10 months before being ousted in a French-led campaign launched on Jan. 11. Hundreds of black Malians looted Arab-owned shops in the city after troops reclaimed it on Jan. 28, in some cases finding arms and military equipment but also carting off televisions, food and other merchandise. Rights groups have accused the Malian army of summary executions of Tuareg and Arab captives blamed for the rebellion in the north and called on the government to protect light-skinned citizens from reprisal attacks amid growing ethnic tensions.
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