| [Maghrebia] Algerian security services on Saturday (April 4th) dismantled a bomb device outside the house of the founder and former leader of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) Abdelhak Layada in the Baraki suburb of Algiers, Echorouk reported on Sunday (April 5th). Layada, known as Abu Adlène, reportedly found a pack near his car containing two bombs that were not wired to detonate. Security services said the devices were aimed at intimidation. Layada served 13 years in prison before being released in 2006 under the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. |