22 Massacred by Militants in Village

Muslim militants wielding sabers, knives and axes raided a village just south of the capital, killing 22 people. Witness accounts of the slaughter were confirmed by the government--the first official acknowledgment in months of village massacres. After storming the village of Menaa, 20 miles outside Algiers, about 20 armed men ordered victims out of their houses in the middle of the night before slitting their throats or cutting off their heads in the main square of the village, residents said on condition of anonymity.