[Maghrebia] Mauritanian police and security forces arrested three suspected al-Qaeda terrorists planning attacks against Mauritanian and foreign institutions in the country during a combined operation earlier this week, Algerian daily Ennahar reported on Wednesday (April 1st). According to Mauritanian dailies Essiradj and Akhbar Nouakchott, the armed fighters are among Mauritanian "Salafist extremists" operating in northern Mali. The men are allegedly part of a terror cell that was planning attacks against Mauritanian and foreign institutions in the country. |