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Feb 1, 2008, 5:31 GMT

Gunmen attack Israeli embassy in Mauritania

Nouakchott/Tel Aviv - Gunmen opened fire at the Israeli embassy in Mauritania before dawn Friday, Israel Radio reported. The gunmen shouted 'God is Great' and engaged in a brief gunbattle with Mauritanian soldiers guarding the embassy, the radio said. No one was reported injured at the embassy, but some five people were reported injured in a nearby bar. Israel's ambassador to the West African nation told the radio the gunfire woke him and his staff up. He said the attack came after widespread demonstrations in the Islamic state against Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip, which he said was widely covered in the local media in a 'blunt and exaggerated' way. The protesters demanded Mauritania cut off its diplomatic ties with Israel.

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