 Algerian security forces have killed a top leader of the armed Islamic Salafi group, the country's main militant organization, reports said Tuesday. The French-language daily Le Soir D'Algerie quoted a security source as saying that Malek Nasser, also known as Abu Ayoub, was killed Sunday in the province of Boumedras, 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of Algiers. The source said Nasser was in charge of foreign contacts for the feared and violent Salafi Group for Call and Combat, and that he coordinated military operations carried out by the Muslim extremists against government forces. |