A new leader for al-Salafeyah group for call and fighting in Algeria

Al-Salafeyah group for "call and fighting," one of the main armed Islamic groups in Algeria, said it appointed Abu Mus'ab Abdul Wadoud as a new leader in succession for Nabil Sahrawi who was killed by the army in June.

A message on the website of this organization on the Internet said that " Abu Musab Abdul Wadoud is appointed as a leader for al-Salafeyah group for call and fighting." The army killed the former leader of the group, Nabil Sahrwai, known as Abu Ibrahim Mustafa, and four members of his group by the end of June in a mountainous areas near Bejjaya ( 260 Km to the east of Algiers).

On August 23, al-Salafeyah movement directed a heavy blow to the security forces in Algeria when it killed in an ambush five military men and two police members in an area, 50 Km from the capital.