Lemgheity attack
| Lemgheity attack | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Islamist insurgency in the Sahel | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 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 | |||||||
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17 killed 35 prisoners 17 injured | 5–9 killed | ||||||
The Lemgheity attack or El Mreiti attack took place on June 4, 2005, when militants from the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) attacked a Mauritanian army barracks in Lemgheity, in the Tiris Zemmour region of northern Mauritania.
The attack marked the first incursion into Mauritanian territory by the GSPC, and the group's first attack outside of Algerian borders.