Arrest in Guinea of escaped Al-Qaeda death row detainee
Map showing the location of Guinea Bissau in west Africa where a Al-Qaeda jihadi on death row until his escape was re-arrested after crossing into Guinea. By (AFP/File)
Nouakchott (AFP) - A Mauritanian Al-Qaeda jihadi on death row until his escape on New Year's Eve, was re-arrested on Tuesday night after crossing the Guinea-Bissau border into Guinea, security sources said Wednesday.
"Cheikh Ould Saleck was on the run for three weeks, and from Mauritania entered Senegal then Guinea-Bissau," a high-ranking police source who asked not to be identified told AFP.
He said Saleck was arrested near the border there, but security sources in Guinea and Guinea-Bissau said he was nabbed inside Guinea, not far from the border.