A Mauritanian Al Qaeda Jihadist was arrested on Tuesday night after crossing the Guinea-Bissau border into Guinea.
Escaped Al Qaeda Jihadist Arrested in Guinea
According to security sources, Cheikh Ould Saleck was on the run for three weeks from Mauritania, entered Senegal then Guinea-Bissau.
The 31-year-old was on death row since 2011 until his escape on New Year’s Eve. He had been imprisoned over an Al-Qaeda plot to assassinate Mauritania’s president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
Additionally, three Mauritanians and a Guinea Bissau national, armed with automatic weapons, were arrested near the border on Tuesday by Guinean police.