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Extremists massacre Algerian family
30/03/2001 15:57 - (SA)
Algiers - A Muslim fundamentalist gang massacred an Algerian family of five
people during the night at Oued Merzoug on the outskirts of Tipaza,
residents of the town said Friday.
The group attacked a house on the southern outskirts of Tipaza at
11:00pm (2200 GMT) and shot dead the people inside, including two
children.
On March 12, an Islamic extremist group killed a family of 11 as
they slept to the east of Tipaza, which lies about 70km to the west of the capital, where the Atlas mountains
overlook the Mediterranean Sea.
The attack late on Thursday came two nights after Islamic extremists
massacred 16 people, including eight children, in two families in
the village of Ouled Yaich, 50km south of the
capital.
Attacks by armed groups in highland territory in the Algiers region
have intensified in recent weeks. Twelve other civilians were
massacred at Bouarfa on Sunday.
Ouled Yaich and Bouarfa are close to Blida, a garrison town 50km south of the capital.
Blida is also the headquarters of the first military zone, which
covers both Algiers and the Mitidja plain, including an area known
as
- Sapa-AFP
- SAPA
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