Algeria: 31 person killed in two massacres
Algeria, Local, 5/3/2002

An Algerian official source said on Thursday that 31 person were killed at the hands of armed groups in two massacres took place on Wednesday evening in Teyart area, 240 Km to the southern west of the capital Algiers and in a quarters adjoining the said city. Other three were killed in al-Shalf city.

The same source said that 20 persons were killed and other five wounded at the hands of armed group in Kasar Shalala while other 11 were assassinated in Sedi Khaled near Teyart. No other details were given. The Kasar Shalala is the worst in terms of targeting civilians since the beginning of the year.

On April 24, an armed group killed 16 persons including 8 children in Teyart area, where other massacres were took place during the past weeks.

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