Forces kill 6 Muslim rebels

PARIS - Algerian security forces have killed six Muslim guerrillas holed up in a farm in the southwestern province of Saida, …

PARIS - Algerian security forces have killed six Muslim guerrillas holed up in a farm in the southwestern province of Saida, 350 km from Algiers, an Algerian newspaper said yesterday. The slaying of the six brought to more than 30 the number of Muslim rebels shot dead by security forces in the province in four months, the newspaper said.

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