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| Mauritania bomber targets embassy | Mauritania bomber targets embassy |
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| A suicide bomber has set off an explosion outside the French embassy in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott. | A suicide bomber has set off an explosion outside the French embassy in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott. |
| Two guards at the embassy were slightly wounded, and the bomber died. | Two guards at the embassy were slightly wounded, and the bomber died. |
| The bomber had been wearing a belt packed with explosives which he detonated at 1900 (1900 GMT), just outside the embassy compound wall. | The bomber had been wearing a belt packed with explosives which he detonated at 1900 (1900 GMT), just outside the embassy compound wall. |
| The blast comes three days after Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who took power in a coup last year, was sworn in as president after recent elections. |