Raid on Militant Group Reportedly Kills Leader
ALGERIA
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Algeria’s security forces bombed a hide-out of the radical Armed Islamic Group and killed 15 of its members, including its new leader, local media reported.
Rachid Abou Tourab and 14 associates were reportedly killed Sunday by the army in a forest 28 miles south of the capital, Algiers, according to Le Matin newspaper, which cited sources in Algeria’s security service.
The outlawed AIG is blamed for killing scores of civilians since 1992, when the army canceled elections because a Muslim fundamentalist party appeared likely to win.
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