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Mauritanian security forces shot dead a suspected member of al Qaeda's North African wing and captured another after a firefight in the country's remote desert late last week, the army said. "One of our patrols intercepted a Toyota Land Cruiser with two suspects 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Lemgheity," according to an army statement issued on Tuesday, a translation of which was obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.Mauritanian security forces shot dead a suspected member of al Qaeda's North African wing and captured another after a firefight in the country's remote desert late last week, the army said. |
