[Ennahar] The special forces of the national army have succeeded on the night from Monday to Tuesday to eliminate one of the most dangerous leaders of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat,... now known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb...
a terrorist Bouher Mourad, alias "Abu Tourab", Emir of Saryate Al-Quds, acting on the axis of Bordj Ménaïl. His weapon, a Kalashnikov rifle, was recovered.
According to sources of Ennahar, the elimination of this terrorism has been held as part of an operation by Special Forces of the PNA in the region following information on suspect movements of the terrorist Bouher Mourad in recent days.
An ambush had been set in the region of Tala Oubrid in Bordj Ménaïl.
Abu Tourab was a member of the military commission of the phalanx "Ennasr" consisting of 12 terrorists. He led several criminal operations in the region throughout his activities within the terrorist organization.
According to the same sources, movement of this terrorist in the region of Bordj Ménaïl, specifically at the place of the ambush, was in the context of preparing for a terrorist operation, which the army managed to defeat.
Bouher Mourad, alias Abu Tourab was born in 1980 in Bordj Ménaïl. He joined terrorism in 1999 and was appointed emir of the Saryate after the death of its former emir Djemaâ Boualem.
The national army had succeeded in eliminating early last year, the terrorist Kamel Bourihane, aka "Kamel Bouhafs, communications officer, board member and coordinator of the wise among the heads of regions within the GSPC during an operation conducted in coordination with security forces, between the regions of Hizer and Tikedjda in the province of Bouira.