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NOUKACHOTT, Mauritania — A suspected al-Qaeda militant killed himself by detonating an explosives belt to avoid capture Saturday as security forces arrested his alleged accomplice in connection with an explosion earlier in the week, an army official said.
The army had cornered the two in Lexeiba, about 150 miles south of Nouakchott, after a three-day search, according to the military officer, who could not be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The two men allegedly had been part of a convoy of cars loaded with explosives that had entered Mauritania last week.
Denver Post wire services
