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Massacre uncovered in Algerian cave
 The bodies of 18 children and three women, apparently massacred by Islamic insurgents, have been found in a cave in Algeria, police said. The bodies were found at Jijel, 360 kilometres east of the capital Algiers, when troops raided a cave network in search of insurgents, killing five of them, police said in a statement.
| We had a sketchy KUNA report on this yesterday. |
Government forces were hunting down extremists, still holding out in attempts to continue a long-running civil war, when they uncovered the bodies. It was believed the victims were family members killed in order to prevent them from talking to the authorities.
| I can understand killing your wife, maybe. I've thought about it a time or two when the credit cards came due. Killing your children is beyond my comprehension. |
On Wednesday security sources said that 10 suspected militants were killed by the army in the Jijel area in an attack on an insurgent hideout. The alleged Islamic radicals were identified by the security source as belonging to the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC).
Posted by: Fred 2006-05-15 |
