Fighters of the Islamic group, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, an Al-Qaeda offshoot, stand guard on August 7, 2012 on a tank abandoned by the Malian Army near Gao airport. -AFP Photo
BAMAKO: The MUJAO jihadist group on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on a Red Cross aid truck in northern Mali that left one international staff member dead and wounded a local colleague.
MUJAO spokesman Abou Walid Sahraoui said the attack in the northern city of Gao had killed “a driver who worked for the enemy”.
“We have achieved what we wanted with this attack,” he told AFP by phone. -AFP