Foe of Algeria’s Muslim Militants Shot Dead
<i> Reuters</i>
TUNIS, Tunisia —
Suspected Muslim guerrillas have shot and killed a secular opponent of Islamic fundamentalists in Algiers, Algerian newspapers reported Tuesday.
Security forces, meanwhile, killed 16 Muslim guerrillas in ambushes and search operations during the last three days in five Algerian regions, the Algerian news agency APS said.
Suspected Muslim militants Saturday gunned down Belgacem Aziz, a 55-year-old member of the secular Ettahadi party, in Algiers.
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