24/06/09 10:30 Filed in:
Security IncidentAn American humanitarian aid worker was shot and killed by suspected Al Qaeda militants in the Mauritanian capital Tuesday.
Christopher Lenget, the director of a school for computer science, was getting out of his car in front of the school, when two young men tried to kidnap him.
He apparently resisted and was shot in the process.

Tags: Death of aid worker, Mauritania, Incident