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2023 Nouakchott prison break
Part of Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
Date5 March 2023; 14 months ago (2023-03-05)
21:00 GMT
Location
Nouakchott Civil Prison, Tevragh Zeina, Nouakchott-Ouest, Mauritania
18°5′10.1″N 15°57′49.07″W / 18.086139°N 15.9636306°W / 18.086139; -15.9636306
Status
  • Prison break successful
  • Security forces regain control of the prison
  • Ongoing search operation
  • Mobile internet access restricted in the country
Belligerents

2023 Nouakchott prison break Mauritania

  • National Guard
  • Armed Forces
  • Presidential Guard
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb prisoners
Strength
Unknown 4 prisoners
Casualties and losses
3 killed[1][2]
2 injured[1]
3 killed[3]
1 detained[3]

The 2023 Nouakchott prison break was the result of a prison riot in the Nouakchott Civil Prison, the central prison of Mauritania. Four AQMI members managed to escape from the Nouakchott civil prison, leading to Nouakchott enter a high-alert situation for the next days.

  1. ^ a b "Four jihadists escape in deadly Mauritania prison break". France24. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. ^ Chemmad, Sidi Mohamed (12 March 2023). "في جنازة رسمية.. مئات الموريتانيين يودعون شهيد الدرك" [At an official funeral... hundreds of Mauritanians bid farewell to the martyr of the gendarmerie]. SaharaMedias (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Three escaped jihadist prisoners killed in Mauritania: govt". France24. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

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