Looting in Timbuktu as donors pledge millions for Mali war
- Published: 29 Jan 2013 at 10.44
- Online news: World
Hundreds of Malians looted shops Tuesday in Timbuktu, newly freed from Islamists, as global donors pledged over $455 million for a French-led drive to expel the extremists from the north.
Looters leave with a TV and a fridge on January 29, 2013 in Timbuktu. Hundreds of Malians looted shops Tuesday in Timbuktu, newly freed from Islamists, as global donors pledged over $455 million for a French-led drive to expel the extremists from the north.
Life had started returning to normal after French and Malian troops on Monday entered the fabled desert city which had been subjected for months to brutal Islamic law, but soon a large angry crowd set to pillaging.
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