| A group of armed Islamic extremists who set up a fake security checkpoint on a main road in Algeria killed four travellers and abducted a woman, local newspapers said on Monday. The attack took place on Saturday evening on a main road near the village of Kalous in Bouira province, about 120km south-east of the capital Algiers, the reports said. The group robbed some travellers and killed four, before fleeing with the woman. One newspaper, Le Jeune Independant, said the assailants belonged to a faction of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat. It was not known how many people took part in the attack. |