location: Lemgheity
notes: Mauritanian security forces shot dead a suspected member of al Qaedas North African wing and captured another after a firefight in the countries remote desert late last week, the army said. 'One of our patrols intercepted a Toyota Land Cruiser with two suspects 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Lemgheity,' according to an army statement issued on Tuesday, a translation of which was obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.Mauritanian security forces shot dead a suspected member of al Qaedas North African wing and captured another after a firefight in the countries remote desert late last week, the army said.
target_text: location: Lemgheity, fatalities: 1