| Lemgheity attack | |||||||
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| Part of Islamist insurgency in the Sahel | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} Mauritania |
 GSPC | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| El Kory Ould Ahmed † |
Mokhtar Belmokhtar Djamel Okacha Abderrahman al-Nigiri Abdallahi Ould Hmeida | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 52 men, 10 pickups | 150+ men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
17 killed 35 prisoners 17 injured | 5-9 killed | ||||||
On June 4, 2005, militants from the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) attacked a Mauritanian army barracks in Lemgheity, Mauritania.
The attack marked the first incursion into Mauritanian territory by the GSPC, and the group's first attack outside of Algerian borders.