60 Slain as Toll From Violence Grows
From Times Wire Reports
Armed assailants killed at least 60 people in a mountain village about 40 miles south of Algiers, the capital, France Info radio and LCI television reported. The dawn massacre in Beni Ali brought to more than 100 the number of people slain since the weekend in bombings and massacres. All the attacks are believed to be the work of Islamic militants who have battled the government since it canceled 1992 elections to block a probable victory by an Islamic party. More than 60,000 people have been killed since then.
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