Security Forces Blamed in Civilian Abductions

Algerian security force members were responsible for the abduction and disappearances of 6,146 civilians during a decade-long struggle with Islamic rebels, a government-appointed commission concluded. The civilians are presumed killed.

Farouk Ksentini, appointed by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to conduct the investigation, said the forces had acted on their own, not on orders of the state.