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IPT
08:18GMT
A Malian jihadist leader of the Katiba of Ansar dine du Sud, Souleymane Keita, and two other men, all accused of terrorism, were sentenced to death on Friday by the Bamako Court of Assizes, according to judicial source.
A dozen men were also sentenced to death in absentia.
They are accused of preaching jihad in southern Mali and on the border between Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso.
During the trial, Keita acknowledged the facts and expressed no regret for his actions. “I do not regret anything because our fight is against the secularism of the Malian state. If I have the possibility, I will start again,” he said bluntly.
“I am not a terrorist; I am leading the jihad at the border between Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire, in the name of Ansar Dine,” he said.
Concerning his links with his accomplices, Souleymane explained that he had approached them to mount “large-scale operations”.
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