European blood
11-27-2011, 06:40 AM
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Gunmen burst into a restaurant in Mali's most famous city of Timbuktu on Friday, grabbed four tourists dining there and executed one when he refused to climb into their truck, according to a witness and an official who inspected the body.
The armed men entered the Amanar restaurant in the afternoon and pointed their guns at four tourists dining inside, said Moussa Boubacar, a client at the restaurant. The four followed the gunmen outside, but when the gunmen tried to make them enter a vehicle, one of the tourists refused, Boubacar said. The kidnappers opened fire, killing him on the spot, Boubacar said.
Their nationalities could not immediately be confirmed, but witnesses describe them as European.
Dramane Diallo, the regional director of Timbuktu's civil protection division, said that he rushed to the scene and found the corpse of an elderly white man, who residents said was the tourist that had refused to enter the car.
http://news.yahoo.com/witness-1-tourist-killed-3-kidnapped-mali-174945102.html
The armed men entered the Amanar restaurant in the afternoon and pointed their guns at four tourists dining inside, said Moussa Boubacar, a client at the restaurant. The four followed the gunmen outside, but when the gunmen tried to make them enter a vehicle, one of the tourists refused, Boubacar said. The kidnappers opened fire, killing him on the spot, Boubacar said.
Their nationalities could not immediately be confirmed, but witnesses describe them as European.
Dramane Diallo, the regional director of Timbuktu's civil protection division, said that he rushed to the scene and found the corpse of an elderly white man, who residents said was the tourist that had refused to enter the car.
http://news.yahoo.com/witness-1-tourist-killed-3-kidnapped-mali-174945102.html