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| Mauritania sentences foreigners to death |
| 2010-06-25 |
| [Maghrebia] A Mauritanian criminal court sentenced six foreigners to death for killing fellow foreigners, PANA reported on Wednesday (June 23rd). Three Nigerians were convicted for the murder of their Lebanese employer, while two Guinea nationals and a Gambian man received the death penalty for killing a French woman who owned a Nouakchott restaurant. Mauritania has not applied the death penalty since 1987. |
| Posted by:Fred |