Malian officials reported that Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, the hardline emir of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in the Sahel who is responsible for the murder of Michel Germaneau and Edwin Dyer, is “doing everything possible to endanger the lives of the two Spanish hostages.” Abu Zeid allegedly wants Belmokhtar, the other Sahel emir of AQIM, to refuse the release of the two remaining Spanish hostages.
