Two soldiers arrested for suspected links to al Qaeda

Two soldiers have been arrested in Ivory Coast accused of failing to denounce suspected members of an al Qaeda cell that killed 19 people in a March attack on a beach resort town, military officials said on Thursday. Authorities in Ivory Coast and neighbouring Mali have arrested a number of suspects since the attack. Ivory […]

Two soldiers have been arrested in Ivory Coast accused of failing to denounce suspected members of an al Qaeda cell that killed 19 people in a March attack on a beach resort town, military officials said on Thursday.
Authorities in Ivory Coast and neighbouring Mali have arrested a number of suspects since the attack.
Ivory Coast’s military prosecutor Colonel Ange Kessi said the soldiers were not accused of participating directly in the Grand Bassam plot.
“The two soldiers knew certain members of the unit that attacked the beach in Grand Bassam and did not signal that to their hierarchy, which is a serious offense under the military code of justice,” he said. They are due to stand trial at the end of August, Kessi added.