A French soldier looks out of a helicopter during a patrol in the Adrar des Ifoghas, near Tessalit in northern Mali March 23, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Rihouay
DAKAR (Reuters) - A spokesman for the al-Mourabitoun armed Islamist group, formed by veteran jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide bombing this week that killed a French soldier in northern Mali.
In a video posted on the Internet, the spokesman who identified himself as Abu Assem Al-Muhajir said that the attack in the region of Al Moustarat, north of Gao, was "a response to French claims that they had annihilated the Mujahideen”.
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