2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania

2007 terrorist attack in Mauritania 2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania the Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Aleg, Brakna, Mauritania French tourists 2007 12 24 Shooting Assault rifle 4 1 Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Islamic extremism, anti-French sentiment, anti-Western sentiment 3 convicted 3 sentenced to death The 2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania happened on 24 December 2007.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/25/2127112.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20071227060411/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/25/2127112.htm dead December 27, 2007 4 French tourists killed in Mauritania ABC News 24 December 2007 6 October 2014 The attack happened near Aleg, 250 km east of the capital Nouakchott.Mickolus Edward Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology https://books.google.com/books?id=H60zAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA310 March 3, 2014 McFarland 978-1-4766-1467-0 310– Four of them were killed and the fifth was seriously injured.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/24/wfrench124.xm News Telegraph.co.uk 6 October 2014July 2021 medicmedic There was one survivor; the victims were his two adult sons, brother, and a friend.Mauritania arrests three more suspects in French tourists' murder http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVaUEdvQQVR7qkFLWW9vvJ9UJVvA AFP December 29, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520115301/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVaUEdvQQVR7qkFLWW9vvJ9UJVvA May 20, 2011 dead Mauritanian authorities arrested nine people on 7 January 2008.http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/07/africa/AF-GEN-Mauritania-Tourists-Killed.php Mauritania detains 9 people in French tourists' deaths Iht.com 7 October 2014 An assault rifle was recovered by police from a location close to the scene of the killings.http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1721499501 Mauritania: Three arrested over slaying of French tourists - Adnkronos Security Adnkronos.com 6 October 2014 The Mauritanian interior minister blamed a terrorist sleeper cell for the killings.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22389184 Mauritania blames killings on terrorist cell NBC News 24 December 2007 6 October 2014 Authorities say suspects are members of an extremist group linked to al-Qaida.Mauritanian Suspects in French Tourist Killings Linked to al-Qaida http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-25-voa24.cfm Voice of America December 25, 2007 January 8, 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071228093500/http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-25-voa24.cfm December 28, 2007 One of the suspects arrested in January, Sidi Ould Sidna, escaped police custody in April but was rearrested later that month.Mauritania Police Arrest Suspect in Killing of French Tourists http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-04/2008-04-10-voa52.cfm Voice of America April 10, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081117064247/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-04/2008-04-10-voa52.cfm November 17, 2008 dead Sidna had trained with the group Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, which confirmed Sidna was affiliated with their organization.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Africa-t.html?pagewanted=3&_r=1 The Saharan Conundrum The New York Times 13 February 2009 6 October 2014 Schmidle Nicholas In 2010, three men who claimed to be "soldiers of Al-Qaeda", Sidi Ould Sidna, Mohamed Ould Chabarnou, and Maarouf Ould Haiba, were sentenced to death by a Mauritanian court for the attack.Al Qaeda-affiliated tourist killers sentenced to death http://www.france24.com/en/20100525-al-qaeda-affiliated-french-tourist-killers-get-death-sentences France 24 May 25, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100527122013/http://www.france24.com/en/20100525-al-qaeda-affiliated-french-tourist-killers-get-death-sentences May 27, 2010 dead References Category:2007 mass murders Category:Terrorism deaths in Mauritania Category:2007 crimes in Mauritania Category:Tourism in Mauritania Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2007 Category:Deaths by firearm in Mauritania Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Category:French terrorism victims Category:December 2007 in Africa Category:Attacks on tourists in Africa Category:Terrorist incidents in Mauritania Category:Terrorism in Mauritania Category:French people murdered abroad Category:21st-century mass murders in Africa Category:France–Mauritania relations Category:December 2007 crimes in Africa Category:2007 in international relations