Gunmen Open Fire in Mosque; 11 Killed
From Times Wire Reports
Assailants wielding automatic weapons opened fire in a mosque in northern Algeria, killing 11 people and wounding eight others, security forces said. The attackers were believed to be Islamic militants, according to a statement issued by the security forces.
The massacre took place during Saturday evening prayers in Arzew, east of the port city of Oran.
The country’s Islamic insurgency broke out in 1992, when the military canceled elections that an Islamic fundamentalist party was set to win.
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