Ansar Al-Tawhid
Ansar Al-Tawhid is an Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for killing diplomat John Granville in Sudan on New Year's Day 2008.
Fast Facts
- Also known as: Partisans of Monotheism, Companions of Monotheism, Soldiers of Monotheism
- Ansar Al-Tawhid linked to Al Qaeda1
- Said they killed Granville to "defend their religion"1
- Group claimed responsibility for the murder on Islamic websites
- Granville was 33 when he was shot to death2
- Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development
- Was a former Peace Corps volunteer
- His driver was also killed
- Incident happened near Khartoum
- Granville was from Buffalo, New York
- FBI had sent six counterterror agents to investigate the killing1
- Sudan identified as a country that sponsors terrorism in 1993 by the State Department3
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