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28/02/2013

Mali: 'I witnessed Sharia amputation'

BBC World Service - Outlook, Mali: 'I witnessed Sharia amputation'

The Malian doctor who treated Islamist militants and their victims.

Lucy Ash speaks to the Malian doctor who treated militants and their victims in Timbuktu and was forced to witness a thief having his hand hacked off.

The Malian doctor who kept his hospital running after Islamist militants seized power tells us how he was forced to witness a thief having his hand hacked off. When the militants arrived in Timbuktu last year, Dr Ibrahim Maiga made a deal with them. In order to keep his hospital running, he would have to treat the militants and their victims - with no questions asked.

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Picture: One of the main streets in Timbuktu, Mali.

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