NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Witnesses and officials say a man accused of killing four French tourists has escaped from a West African courthouse.
Sidi Ould Sidna was being interrogated at the main courthouse in Mauritania's capital Wednesday when he asked his guards for permission to go to the bathroom.
A witness says the guards allowed him to go in by himself, but did not guard the doorway. When he re-emerged and did not see the guards, Sidna ran for the door, losing himself in the crowd outside.
The four French tourists — including two children — were gunned down on a roadside in December.
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