2 people found beheaded Algeria
2006-06-17 21:47
Algiers - Three people have been killed in attacks blamed on armed Islamic radicals in Algeria, reported the country's newspapers on Saturday.
A customs official and a civilian were beheaded in Gouraya, in the Tipaza region, on Wednesday.
On the same day, an army captain was killed by a bomb explosion during an operation to flush out Islamists near Sidi Bel Abbes, 370km further west.
The killings are blamed on the rebel Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), said to be linked to al-Qaeda.
Ten people, including four members of the Algerian security forces, have been killed since the beginning of June, according to official reports.
At least 54, all but nine of them rebels, were reported killed last month.
- AFP