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Mauritanian leader flown to France after shooting
Source: Reuters
Mauritanian leader flown to France after shooting
By Laurent Prieur
NOUAKCHOTT | Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - Mauritania's president was flown to France for medical treatment on Sunday after the Western ally against al Qaeda was shot by soldiers in what he said was an accident.
The shooting late on Saturday set the coup-prone northwest African country on edge and President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz appealed to Mauritanians to keep calm in a televised message from his hospital bed.
Although Mauritania has been stable politically since Abdel Aziz seized power in 2008, it lies on the fringes of the Sahara Desert where Islamist gunmen hold increasing sway.
"I want to reassure everyone about my state of health after this incident committed by error," Abdel Aziz said from his bed. "Thanks to God, I am doing well."
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By Laurent Prieur
NOUAKCHOTT | Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - Mauritania's president was flown to France for medical treatment on Sunday after the Western ally against al Qaeda was shot by soldiers in what he said was an accident.
The shooting late on Saturday set the coup-prone northwest African country on edge and President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz appealed to Mauritanians to keep calm in a televised message from his hospital bed.
Although Mauritania has been stable politically since Abdel Aziz seized power in 2008, it lies on the fringes of the Sahara Desert where Islamist gunmen hold increasing sway.
"I want to reassure everyone about my state of health after this incident committed by error," Abdel Aziz said from his bed. "Thanks to God, I am doing well."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/14/us-mauritania-president-idUSBRE89C0J020121014
