Algiers - Eleven people were killed and five others yesterday. APS, quoting security officials, said the victims were "assassinated by a cowardly group of terrorists" on Saturday night in the village of Hameur El Ain, about 40 km west of Algiers. It gave no further details.
"Terrorist" is the official word used to describe Islamic fundamentalists who have been waging a bloody insurgency for the past nine years.