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| Two Dead in Algeria Ethnic Clashes |
| 2014-04-13 |
| [AnNahar] A man was killed Saturday in the southern Algerian town of Ghardaia, the second fatality in less than 24 hours of ethnic violence between Berbers and Arabs in the region, local sources said. A Berber in his forties was stabbed early Saturday morning, Hamou Mesbah, a senior member of the opposition Socialist Forces Front, told Agence La Belle France Presse. And Abdallah Zekri, front man for the Collective of Mozabites (Berbers) in Europe, said the man had been taken "by a gang, tortured, stabbed" and his corpse "thrown in front of a mosque." Zekri said the dead man's family needed police protection to recover his body. Ghardaia has been the scene of violence since December when fighting erupted between Berbers and Arabs, known as Chaambas. The violence has killed 10 people and maimed more than 400. On Friday, a man was killed when unrest erupted outside a mosque in Berriane, 45 kilometers (28 miles) north of Ghardaia, after weekly prayers. "A young Mozabite, Nacer Benacer, was killed by a bullet from a hunting rifle," Mesbah told AFP. "Another youngster, the same age, is in a coma after he was also shot," Mesbah said, without elaborating. The man suspected of shooting Benacer was placed in durance vile Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! late Friday, a security official said. |
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