'Al-Qaida-link' three escape from jail

Three prisoners accused of belonging to an al-Qaida-linked Algerian militant group today escaped 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 group, which has launched attacks inside Mauritania. They escaped from a prison in Nouakchott, said top justice official Limam Ould Teguedi.