Three escaped prisoners, two guards have been killed in Mauritania during an operation to recapture them, according to authorities
With a population of 4.5 million, Mauritania has been spared terrorist attacks since 2011, despite sharing a border with Mali, from where an insurgency that began in 2012 has spread across the Sahel region.
According to a military official, two of the prisoners had been sentenced to death, while the other two were awaiting trial for membership in a terrorist organisation. Ould Cheikh had already escaped prison in December 2015 before being arrested in Guinea Bissau and sent back to Mauritania after three weeks on the run.
The second prisoner on death row participated in attacks on the army in the north of the country in 2005, the military official said.Security forces "came under heavy fire which led them to engage in combat with the terrorist elements", the defence and interior ministries said.With a population of 4.5 million, Mauritania has been spared terrorist attacks since 2011, despite sharing a border with Mali, from where an insurgency that began in 2012 has spread across the region.
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