The United States is the only country in the Sahel that has not been hit by attacks since 2011, with four jihadists escaping from a prison in Nouakchott on Sunday evening, killing two police officers.
“At 9 pm on 5 March 2023, four terrorists managed to escape from the central prison in Nouakchott after attacking the guards, which led to an exchange of fire during which two members of the National Guard” died and two others were slightly injured, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The identities of the fugitives have not been disclosed.
Two of them had been sentenced to death, and the other two are awaiting trial for membership in a terrorist organisation, according to a military official who requested anonymity.
