Mauritania president accidentally shot


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Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdul-Aziz has been rushed to the hospital after being wounded in accidental gun fire on Saturday.

The BBC said that he has been receiving treatment at a hospital for light wounds.
The information minister Hamdi Ould Mahjoub has stated that a military patrol accidentally opened fire at the presidential convoy and the president and injury was not life threatening.
“On his way back to Nouakchott, the presidential convoy was shot by a Mauritanian patrol as they did not recognize his convoy,” Mr. Mahjoub was quoted by BBC

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