Fundamentalists kill 13 civilians in Algeria

Terrorists using guns, knives and a bomb killed 13 civilians, including an eight-month old baby, in separate attacks in the Algerian capital and in a village south of Algiers, an Algerian newspaper said yesterday.

Gunmen stormed Oued Zitoun village in Medea province, 45 miles south of Algiers, and cut the throats of 8 villagers overnight Thursday-Friday, said "Libertie" newspaper, Al Wafd daily reported.

The newspaper said the assailants shot and wounded nine villagers trying to flee the bloodshed. Among the dead were four children aged between eight months and 10 years, it said.