Islamic Radicals Blamed in Ruse Leading to Death of 14 in Algeria
Algerian Islamic militants killed 14 people and burned their bodies after stopping their vehicles at a bogus roadblock, local authorities said Friday.
The killings took place late Thursday near the town of Larba, about 25 miles south of central Algiers, the authorities said.
Army troops were hunting the attackers, who were suspected to be from the Al Qaeda-aligned Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.
“The gunmen stopped two cars and one truck at a fake roadblock, pulled 14 people from their cars and then shot them dead before burning their bodies,” one official said.
The truck driver escaped and told the authorities there were about 10 attackers, the official added.
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