Police in Mauritania said on Sunday they had arrested a man believed to be the organiser of the escape of four jihadist detainees from the central prison in the capital, Nouakchott, three weeks earlier.
In a statement posted on Facebook, they said a team from the General Directorate of National Security had arrested Mohamed T, known as Abou Ossama, in the city.
They said he had “orchestrated the escape of four prisoners convicted of…
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