Gunmen Kill 27 in Raid on Shantytown
From Times Wire Reports
Armed assailants opened fire on a shantytown in northern Algeria, killing at least 27 people, half of them children, security sources said.
The raid took place near Berrouaghia, about 45 miles south of the coastal capital of Algiers, on Saturday evening, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The bodies of 13 children between 6 months and 18 years old were said to be among those found.
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