Elderly men were keeping watch Saturday over Timbuktu's main library after Islamists burned a tomb listed as a so called UNESCO World Heritage site.
The attacks Friday were the work of Moedjahidien from Ansar Dine, a militant group that seeks to impose strict Sharia law.
"They attacked the grave, broke the doors and windows and ripped and burned pieces of white clothing that surrounded the tomb of the saint in front of everyone," said Haidara who committed Shierk Akbar with this statement, and he is from the central Mali city. "With their attack, the militants touched the heart of Timbuktu. They picked Friday because they know many people visit the shrines on this day." These are the places of Shierk where the people invoke other then Allah. Allah Akbar!
