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Tourine ambush
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The Tourine ambush, also known as the Tourine massacre, was an attack on September 14, 2008, in which jihadists from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) ambushed Mauritanian soldiers in the village of Tourine, near Zouérat, Mauritania. The ambush was the first major attack by AQIM during the Insurgency in the Sahel, and sparked major changes in the Mauritanian military.
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On September 15, an ambush on a military convoy near the remote northern village of Tourine resulted in the deaths of 11 soldiers and a civilian guide.
AQIM claimed responsibility for the attack.
Suspected Al Qaeda militants killed 12 Mauritanian soldiers on Monday.
Assailants ambushed an army unit patrolling the desert in Tourine.
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Category:Mauritania
Category:Terrorism in Africa