Massacres claim the lives of 67 Algerians

In three new massacres, described as the worst massacre since the last month of Ramadan, 57 Algerian citizens were killed yesterday in different places. One member of the security police and 9 armed attackers were also killed.

46 persons were killed during the night in Polarrat El-Ahdab, 250 kilometers south of Algiers, and another 11 were killed in Youb in the western province of Saida. Six extremists were killed in Mascara, another in Kasentina and two in Bier Khadem district in the capital.

Meanwhile, security officials are investigating massacres that took place in January when several thousand persons were killed in a series of hideous massacres.