Al-Qaeda's African branch claims Mali suicide bombing

NOUAKCHOTT: Al-Qaeda's north and west African division claimed responsibility on Monday for a car bomb that rocked the city of Timbuktu over the weekend, killing two civilians and wounding several soldiers, a report said.

"Two of our brave suicide bombers managed to reach the military base in Timbuktu on a vehicle carrying more than a ton of explosives," said a spokesman for the Al-Qaeda, according to the Mauritanian Alakhbar news agency.