Senegal interrogated about 900 people over a three-day period as part of efforts to prevent attacks by extremist militants following a series of strikes in the region.

"Nearly 900 people were called in for questioning in the context of the security campaign led by national police amid the terrorist threat," said police spokesman Henry Boumy Ciss, referring to a weekend campaign in the capital Dakar and the nearby city of Thies.

Source: MENA