Algerian Forces Kill Muslim Fundamentalist
Reuters
ALGIERS —
A Muslim fundamentalist wanted for 17 murders in Algeria was shot and killed in a gun battle with security forces, the official APS news agency said Friday.
Mohamed Bouchelaghem, on the run since 1990 after escaping from Blida Prison, was killed with two other men in Blida province, 30 miles south of Algiers. Security sources said the men were killed earlier this week and an automatic pistol taken during a triple murder was recovered, along with submachine guns stolen from security forces.
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