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French tourists die in Mauritania | French tourists die in Mauritania |
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Four French tourists have been shot dead in Mauritania, police say. | Four French tourists have been shot dead in Mauritania, police say. |
The four died after being first robbed at gunpoint, Mohamed Ould Lemine - the police chief of Aleg, a town close to where the incident occurred - told AP. | |
A fifth was reported to have been seriously injured in the attack, which occurred about 250km (160 miles) east of the capital, Nouakchott. | |
The five are said to have stopped on the side of a road for a picnic when the gunmen approached demanding money. | |
The gunmen took their money and then opened fire with automatic weapons, before speeding off in a car, the police chief told AP. | |
Mauritania is one of the world's poorest countries, but has hopes for future prosperity based on the exploitation of its offshore reserves of oil and natural gas. |