6,388 Civilians Killed in Algeria During 1994
Algeria said Saturday that 6,388 civilians were killed in 1994 by “terrorists”--the official Algerian term for Muslim fundamentalists.
Among the civilians killed last year were 61 foreigners, the Algerian news agency APS said, quoting the first official toll of civilian casualties to be compiled by security forces.
Another 2,289 civilians were wounded, including 11 foreigners.
Among the dead were 21 journalists, 682 civil servants, 101 teachers, 2,207 workers, 1,384 unemployed, seven senior officials, the leaders of two political parties, three members of the government-appointed quasi-Parliament, 15 magistrates, 31 prison warders, 52 imams, one singer and one Wali, or governor.
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