They especially target Sufi shrines , which they believe are sacrilegious . `` No one dared to try and stop the Islamists , '' a witness says . The woman had two small children , according to a local resident . In an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday, Ibrahim al-Aswad, head of the Islamic Supreme Council in Egypt, said that he was not aware of any such attack but added that it would be impossible Chaos have rocked Mali since a coup toppled the president in March .
`` No one dared to try and stop the Islamists , '' a witness says . The woman had two small children , according to a local resident . In an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday, Ibrahim al-Aswad, head of the Islamic Supreme Council in Egypt, said that he was not aware of any such attack but added that it would be impossible Chaos have rocked Mali since a coup toppled the president in March .