Mauritanian prosecutors called the brutal Christmas Eve slaying of four French tourists a terrorist act and said Tuesday that security forces were hunting three suspects who they said belonged to a regional al-Qaida-linked terror network.
Gunmen shot the tourists Monday as they picnicked on the side of a road near Aleg, a small town 245 kilometers (150 miles) east of Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, police said. The attackers then fled south toward the Senegalese border, police said.
The sole survivor, the family's father, was seriously injured and flown overnight to the main hospital in Senegal's capital, Dakar, where he was in an intensive care unit, …
No comments:
Post a Comment