(CNN) -- Police in Mali are trying to determine whether the suspect in an attack on the French Embassy is connected with al Qaeda, an Africable TV journalist told CNN Wednesday, adding that police are still investigating a possible motive.
Journalist Sekou Bangara said papers obtained by authorities show the suspect was born in 1986, making him 24- or 25- years old. But, he said, police don't know whether the papers are authentic. Previous reports indicated the suspect was 40.
Police told Bangara the suspect first fired a pistol into the compound of the French Embassy in Bamako, the capital. Shots were fired at about 6 p.m. (1 p.m. ET), Bangara reported. The suspect then threw the grenade. A Malian guard at the embassy was wounded, but his injuries were not thought to be life-threatening,
Police said the suspect acted alone and was captured quickly. He told police he was Tunisian and entered Tunisia in recent days, Bangara said. Investigators are examining a hotel room in the capital where they believe the man had been staying since arriving in Mali.
Bangara said that blackened walls from the grenade explosion and bullet holes in the walls are visible at the French Embassy. There has been no response to media inquiries, but a media briefing is expected Thursday morning.
Mali is a landlocked nation in West Africa.
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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/05/mali.embassy.explosion/index.html?eref=edition
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