NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Three prisoners accused of belonging to an Al Qaeda-linked Algerian militant group escaped Thursday from a jail in Mauritania's capital, officials said.The three men were imprisoned on suspicions of membership in the Salafist Group for Call and Combat insurgency, which has launched attacks inside Mauritania. They escaped around 1200GMT from a prison in Nouakchott, said top justice official Limam Ould Teguedi. An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding their flight, he said.
| Did they dig a tunnel from the prison to the mosque next door? Did they have any help? Did the guards escort them to the plane? |