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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) - Police in Mauritania accidentally shot and killed one civilian and wounded another Wednesday during a search for al-Qaida-linked gunmen believed connected to the killing of four French tourists in December, witnesses said.
An Associated Press reporter saw about 40 anti-terrorist police encircle a house in the capital where several terror suspects were thought to be holed up. When the officers stormed the house, they opened fire on three men inside who they later discovered were unarmed civilians.
One of the men died Wednesday from his injuries, police said, and another was wounded in the shooting.
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