NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) -- Eight people have been arrested in last week's shooting attack on the Israeli Embassy in Mauritania's capital that wounded three passers-by, a police official said Thursday.

The eight were arrested individually over several days, said the police official, who agreed tell about the arrests only if given anonymity because was is not authorized to speak to the press.
He said one is an Algerian national.
Several witnesses to Friday's attack said a group of men gathered outside a restaurant near the embassy, then pulled weapons from their clothes and attacked the embassy while screaming ""Allahu Akbar,"" or ""God is Great.""
Three bystanders were wounded in the gunbattle with embassy guards.
The police official said the eight suspects were identified with the help of witnesses at the restaurant and the embassy guards. Those arrested had weapons and stolen cars in their possession, the official said.
Al-Qaeda in Islamic North Africa, which is based in Algeria and was formerly known as the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was a reprisal for Israel's clampdown on Palestinians in Gaza.
Mauritania has had relatively few incidents of terrorism in recent years. It is one of only three Arab League nations to have diplomatic ties with Israel. The other two are Egypt and Jordan.