Mauritania Says Soldier Shot Leader by Accident -- New York Times
DAKAR, Senegal — The president of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was shot and wounded while returning home from a country weekend on Saturday evening in what his spokesman said Sunday was an accidental shooting by a nervous soldier.
That explanation was echoed by the official Mauritanian news agency on its Web site, and by the wounded president himself in a halting televised declaration on the state broadcaster from his military hospital bed, shortly before being flown to Paris for further treatment on Sunday.
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More News On The Accidental Shooting Of The Mauritanian President
Mauritanian leader flown to France after shooting -- Reuters
Mauritania's president heads to France for treatment after shooting -- CNN
Mauritanian President Flown to France to Treat Injury -- Wall Street Journal
Mauritania’s President in France After ‘Accidental’ Shooting -- Voice of America
Mauritania's president shot by own army 'by mistake' -- The Guardian
Mauritania head Abdelaziz flies to France after shooting -- BBC
Wounded Mauritania president flown to Paris -- Al Jazeera
How the Injury to an African Dictator May Hobble France -- Vivienne Walt, Time
My Comment: An accidental shooting???? Something is not right here.
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