A man accused of taking part in attacks in Mali in 2015 that killed dozens of people, including an American aid worker, was extradited to the United States to face multiple terrorism charges in fed…
NEW YORK — A man accused of taking part in attacks in Mali in 2015 that killed dozens of people, including an American aid worker, was extradited to the United States to face multiple terrorism charges in federal court in Brooklyn, authorities said Saturday.
Ahemeid was ordered detained pending trial. The terms of the extradition and what it means for his sentence in Mali were not immediately clear. Datar, a 41-year-old public health expert from Takoma Park, Maryland, was a guest at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, on Nov. 20, 2015, when two armed men attacked the hotel, killing 20 people. Prosecutors said Ahemeid masterminded the attack on behalf of the al-Qaida affiliate and a local militant group, al-Murabitoun.
Federal prosecutors said he planned and committed at least three major terrorist attacks against Western targets in Mali. On March 7, 2015, Ahemeid — armed with two assault rifles, a pistol and grenades — attacked a restaurant in Bamako. Five people were killed.
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