15 March 2011
Last updated at 13:31 ET
Three Mauritanian alleged members of al-Qaeda’s North African branch have gone on trial for the 2009 killing of a US man in the capital, Nouakchott.
Christopher Leggett, 39, was shot dead near the English and computer school which he headed.
The prosecution has demanded the death penalty. The suspects deny the charges.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has said it carried out the killing and accused Mr Leggett of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.
The group emerged out of Algerian Islamist fighters and now operates in several north-west African countries.
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Mauritanians ‘shot dead US man’