$20 billion in Algerian losses due to eight years of terrorism

The Algerian newspaper El-Watan today quoted Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika as saying that the sabotage that took place due to terrorism in the last eight years cost Algeria's economy nearly $20 billion and said that President Bouteflika revealed this estimate during his recent tour in the Gulf region.

Meanwhile, security troops found the corpses of six shepherds from Boheen one day after they were kidnapped in the Glizan area, 320 kilometers west of Algiers.

The Algerian newspaper said yesterday that the victims are members of one family that was attacked in the Ami Moussa mountain area that was deserted by the citizens for years due to the panic created by the armed groups.