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| Mauritania arraigns three alleged killers of American NGO worker |
| 2009-08-06 |
| [Maghrebia] A Mauritanian court on Tuesday (August 4th) arraigned three alleged terrorists for the murder of American NGO worker Christopher Leggett, Journal Tahalil reported. Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Hmedna, Didi Ould Bezeid and Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Khouna face the death penalty if convicted. Two days after Leggett was shot outside his Nouakchott IT school on June 23rd, al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the killing. |
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