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Last Updated: Monday, 24 December 2007, 21:26 GMT
“Tourists shot dead in Mauritania”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Four members of the same French family have been shot dead while on holiday in Mauritania, police say.

At least two children were among the dead, the French embassy in Mauritania told the AFP news agency.

The four were killed during a robbery, the police chief of the nearby town of Aleg told AP news agency.

A fifth person - said to be the father of the family - was seriously injured in the attack, about 250km (160 miles) east of the capital, Nouakchott.

The wounded man was receiving treatment in hospital in Aleg but would be transferred immediately to Nouakchott, the French embassy official added.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said details of the incident were not yet clear.

“It’s still too early to say exactly what the reasons were for this attack which I can’t describe because we don’t know the motivation or even really how it occurred,” he said during a visit to a Paris hospital.

“As things stand, I can only confirm this sad news and offer my condolences.””