Breaking news. Hijackers seize passenger jet in Mauritania

An Air Mauritania Boeing 737 passenger plane hijacked on an internal flight has flown to the Spanish Canary Islands after stopping for fuel in the Western Sahara, Mauritanian officials said.

"It has gone to the Canaries," a source close to the presidency told Reuters. The head of the Mauritanian state news agency said the plane had already touched down.

The police officer did not say how many passengers were on board or how many hijackers were involved, but said they wanted the plane to travel to Paris.
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